• CAPE Journal Club – Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes or more?

    Compatriots Hall HSC 450 E. Pomona Mall St., Pomona, CA, United States

    Come join us as we read journal articles pertaining to neuroscience and the scholarship of teaching & learning (SoTL). Stay up on the latest evidence-informed topics and techniques in pedagogy to help you be an effective teacher and facilitator of student-centered learning. This month’s article is “Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes or…

  • Not-Your-Mama’s Journal Club/ CAPE Conversations “Critical Thinking: Why is it so hard to teach?”

    Compatriots Hall HSC 450 E. Pomona Mall St., Pomona, CA, United States

    Most modern day educators can be heard lamenting that their students don’t know how to “critically think”. The question is “Are we teaching our students how to think critically?”. More importantly, what do we mean we talk about “critical thinking”? This month’s article by Daniel Willingham deals with the topic of Critical Thinking and perspectives…

  • Not your Mamas Journal Club – Effects of TBL on Short Term & Long Term Retention

    Compatriots Hall HSC 450 E. Pomona Mall St., Pomona, CA, United States

    Take a deeper dive into TBL - what are its psychological foundations and what documented effects on learning have been noted? Come participate in a lively discussion about TBL and how this method of teaching can add some "spice", engagement and improve your learning outcomes. Lunch and knowledge will be served.  Download Articles: Effects of…

  • NYMJ Club – Various Ways of Understanding the Concept of Andragogy

    Compatriots Hall HSC 450 E. Pomona Mall St., Pomona, CA, United States

    This article deals with the concept of andragogy and the understanding of the same from a historical and professional perspective. It also includes a clarification of the difference between European and North American andragogy. Andragogy concerns adult education and learning in some way or another, but, beyond this, the concept is ambiguous. Many perceive it…

  • Not Your Mama’s Journal Club – Strengthening Teachers’ Professional Identities Through Faculty Development

    HEC Classroom D

    How do YOU characterize your professional identity as a faculty member and educator? What resources and mechanisms do you use to enrich yourself and nourish your role in academia? This NYMJC session will review and discuss this article from Academic Medicine from some of the best minds in faculty development in health professions education. Academic…