Focus on Teaching Week

[Shannon Dea]

Dear colleagues,

This year, CTE is pleased to host “Focus on Teaching Week” (October 15th -
19th) – a week dedicated to some of its most popular workshops, as well to
many new and rich sessions. Of particular interest is the workshop
“Developing Independent and Autonomous Learning” (please see details below)
which will be facilitated by guest speaker for the week, Professor Mick
Healey, a Higher Education Consultant and Researcher from the UK.



A complete list of the week’s session is available on the CTE website:
http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/events_registration/index.html?tab=1 .



People may register for sessions on myHRinfo:
https://myhrinfo.hrms.uwaterloo.ca/psp/SS/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG .



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*CTE69? Developing Independent and Autonomous Learning*
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 9:30 am to 12 noon, FLEX Lab (LIB 329)

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*Title:* CTE694 Developing Independent and Autonomous Learning
*Short Title:* Promoting Independent Learning
*Date:* Thursday, October 18, 2012
*Time:* 9:30 am to 12:00 noon
*Place:* FLEX Lab (LIB 329)
*Description:* *"Nothing aids one's intellectual development, so much as a
period of independent study"* Kropotkin (1899)
*"Independence ... is not the absence of guidance, but the outcome of a
process of learning that enables learners to work with such guidance as
they wish to take"* Knight (1996)

The capability to learn independently and autonomously is a key graduate
attribute. This workshop examines the nature of independent learning and
explores the characteristics of autonomous learners and the methods which
can be used to help students develop such characteristics. Participants
will discuss how they can apply selected methods within their courses and
the departmental strategies that can be adopted to promote independent
learning over a degree program. The workshop is illustrated with an
extensive set of mini-case studies of how a range of disciplines,
departments and institutions are encouraging independent and autonomous
learning. There will be an opportunity to plan how you can apply some of
the ideas discussed in your own context.
*Presenter(s):* Professor Mick Healey, Higher Education Consultant and
Researcher
*Note(s)*: CTE694 is part of the Focus on Teaching Week offerings through
CTE.


I hope to see you there!

Best wishes,
Shannon Dea
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Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts Teaching Fellow
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Department of Philosophy
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
(519) 888-4567 (ext. 32778)
FAX (519) 746-3097
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