What the Best College Teachers Do

If looking for something to do this coming summer to upgrade the quality of your teaching there is a three-day institute based on Ken Bain's award-winning and best selling book What the Best College Teachers Do, which was the winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize for an Outstanding Book on Education and Society* (Harvard University Press, 2004).  The institute features the author Ken Bain and some of the subjects of the 15-year study of excellence in college education.

Overview of the Institute

Participants in this highly interactive workshop will explore and use findings from a fifteen-year inquiry into the practices and insights of highly successful teachers, those people with phenomenal success in helping their students achieve remarkable learning results. The program will emphasize both improving one's teaching and developing ways to share insights with colleagues back home. Enrollment is limited. The workshop will begin at 11 am on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, and end in the early afternoon on Friday, June 18, 2010, and will take place in the scenic suburbs of New York City, approximately 12 miles west of Manhattan.

Enrollment Limited: Program has filled rapidly in past years. Early Early Bird Special Deadline: February 20, 2010.  Go to http://www.bestteachersinstitute.org/ for additional information and application form. Or call 973-847-9049 or write marshabain@optonline.net for additional information.

Some of the featured outstanding teachers this year:
* Charlie Cannon, Professor of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and Columbia University
* Jeanette Norden, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University
* Chad Richardson, Professor of Sociology, Director of BorderLife Project, University of Texas-Pan American
* Ann Woodworth, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, and Associate Professor of Theatre, Northwestern University