Janet Gail Donald, from Canada’s McGill University, will be the distinguished speaker at this year’s CO-TEACH Education Forum Lecture Series, hosted by the College of Education. Donald will present “Learning to Think” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 203.
Donald is a professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and the former director of the Center for University Teaching and Learning. She conducts research on the quality of postsecondary learning and teaching, with an emphasis on fostering higher order learning. She also investigates disciplinary differences in knowledge acquisition and methods of inquiry in higher education.
Her presentation will be based on her most recent book, “Learning to Think, Disciplinary Perspectives.” She will explore the relationship between knowledge and thinking, and reveal how educators can improve the teaching and learning process in their classrooms and programs.
Donald has also authored “Improving the Environment for Learning: Academic Leaders Talk About What Works.”
She won the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education in 1994, the McKeachie Career Award from the American Educational Research Association in 2000, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001.
Donald will offer workshops, including:
* “Education & Expertise,” 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, Cleveland Hall, Room 255
* “Critical Thinking Processes,” 1:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 518
* “Disciplinary Approaches to Thinking,” 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, Honors Hall Lounge, Room 110
All events are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants, in cooperation with the College of Education CO-TEACH project, the Honors College, the Center for Teaching and Learning and Technology, General Education, the University Writing Program, and the Critical Thinking Project.
The Washington State University CO-TEACH Education Forum Lecture series was established in 2002 to inform and engage the campus community on educational issues of national, regional, or international significance.
For information contact Anne Kannegaard, CO-TEACH Project Program Coordinator, 335-6842 or annek@wsu.edu.
