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<b>Engineering Fa</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>culty are welcome to a</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>tt</b></span><b>end NSM development workshops </b></div>
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sent on behalf of Donna Pattison, Ph.D.</span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear NSM Faculty:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">An NSM Faculty Development Workshop is scheduled for
<b>Friday, April 12, </b>from <b>Noon – 1:15 pm</b> in <b>Roy G. Cullen Building, Room 104.
</b>Lunch will be provided; please arrive a few minutes early. Please RSVP by <u>
April 9</u> using the link below. A flyer is attached. </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Topic:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext"> “</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Summer
Institutes Program on Scientific Teaching and Development of a Teachable Tidbit”</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Presenter:</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dr. Richard Knapp</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Instructional Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, UH</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In this workshop, Knapp will present a summary of the major aspects of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Summer Institute’s curriculum, including education research, active learning, effective
assessment, and inclusive teaching. The Summer Institutes are dedicated to STEM education reform, improving science literacy, attracting more diverse students to research and increasing the number of students who become scientists at colleges and universities
across the United States. The Summer Institutes program comprises intensive multi-day workshops that introduce STEM educators to the principles of evidence-based teaching. This overview of essential elements of effective teaching and evaluation will be followed
by a description and discussion of the creation of a “teachable tidbit,” a core component of the workshop curriculum. Development of teachable tidbits can be used to spur the integration of the principles of scientific teaching with teaching materials that
enhance student comprehension and/or understanding of a specific scientific concept or subject area.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; background:white">RSVP by April 9:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; background:white">
</span><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FADAF28A5FB6-faculty10"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FADAF28A5FB6-faculty10</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">I hope you will join us
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">on April 12<span style="color:black">!</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Donna Pattison</span></p>
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Donna L. Pattison, PhD</p>
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Instructional Professor</p>
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Assistant Chair of Undergraduate Affairs</p>
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University of Houston</p>
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Department of Biology and Biochemistry</p>
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713-743-2642</p>
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