Reading Groups
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Upcoming Reading Groups
![Minding Bodies](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/12/2024a-Spring-Minding-Bodies-640x1024.jpg)
Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning
Meets three times this semester (2/1, 2/15 & 2/29) on Thursday from 3:30-4:30 in ZSR 664 (Faculty Commons Conference Room inside the Faculty Commons space in ZSR Wilson Wing).
In Minding Bodies, Susan Hrach uses new research on the body to help instructors improve their students’ knowledge and skills through physical movement, attention to the spatial environment, and sensitivity to humans as more than “brains on sticks”. Let’s meet and talk about how we can create creative embodied, sensory-rich learning experiences that maximize the effectiveness of the time we spend learning with our students.
We will provide the book for the first 12 registrants. These discussions are very popular so we ask that you register only if you are available to attend all sessions.
![Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Promoting Equity in the Classroom](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/12/Inclusive-Teaching-cover-HoganSathy.jpg)
Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom
Meets four times this semester (2/7, 2/21, 3/6 & 3/20) on Wednesday from 2:00-3:00 in ZSR 664 (Faculty Commons Conference Room inside the Faculty Commons space in ZSR Wilson Wing).
In a book written by and for college teachers, Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy provide tips and advice on how to make all students feel welcome and included. They focus on practices such as structure in course design and interaction, including more voices in different contexts, and reflection on how you might demonstrate attention to inclusion in a teaching portfolio/dossier. Let’s meet and discuss how we might implement some of these practices into our own classrooms.
We will provide the book for the first 12 registrants. These discussions are very popular so we ask that you register only if you are available to attend all sessions.
Past Reading Groups
Click on the image to see your selection in the ZSR Library digital collection. Please reach out to Kristi Verbeke at verbekkj@wfu.edu if you have a specific question about past reading groups.
![Grading for Growth](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/08/2023-Fall-Book-Discussion-Grading-for-Growth-3-2.png)
![Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/08/2023-Fall-Book-Discussion-Mental-Health.jpg)
![Infusing Critical Thinking into your Course](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/06/2022-Spring-Critical-Thnking-200x300-1.jpg)
![The Impact of a Sense of Belonging in College](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/06/2022-Spring-Belonging-200x300-1.jpg)
![Deep Teaching in College STEM Classrooms](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2023/06/Reading-Discussion-Dewsbury-Book-Cover-1-194x300.png)
![How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/Book-How-Learning-Works.jpg)
![Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2022b-Fall-Whistling-Vivaldi-1.jpg)
![Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2022b-Fall-Inclusive-Learning.jpg)
![Cultivating Virtue in the University](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2022b-Fall-Cultivating-Virtue.jpg)
![Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2022a-Spring-Connected.jpg)
![The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2022a-Spring-Burnout.jpg)
![Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2021c-Fall-Ungrading.jpg)
![Relationship-Rick Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2021c-Fall-Relationship-Rich-Education.jpg)
![Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2021c-Fall-Distracted.jpg)
![Promoting Inclusive Classroom Dynamics in Higher Education](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2021b-Summer-Promoting-Inclusive.jpg)
![Small Teaching Online](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2020b-Summer-Small-Teaching-Online.jpg)
![Online Teaching at its Best](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2020b-Summer-Online-Teaching-Best.jpg)
![Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2020a-Spring-Deep-Work.jpg)
![Teaching with Compassion: An Educator's Oath to Teach from the Heart](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2019b-Fall-Teaching-Compassion.jpg)
![Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2019b-Fall-Dynamic-Lecturing.jpg)
![The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2019a-Spring-New-Education.jpg)
![An Evidence-based Guide to College and University Teaching](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2019a-Spring-Evidence-based-Guide.jpg)
![Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2018b-Fall-Teaching-Transgress.jpg)
![Discussion in the College Classroom](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2018a-Spring-Discussion-in-College-Classroom.jpg)
![Teach Students how to Learn](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2017b-Fall-Teach-Students.jpg)
![Teaching the Silk Road](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2017b-Fall-Silk-Roads.jpg)
![Image of the book, Why Students Resist Learning](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2017a-Spring-Why-Students-Resist-Learning.jpg)
![Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2016b-Fall-Teaching-Learning-STEM.jpg)
![Small Teaching](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2016b-Fall-Small-Teaching.jpg)
![Race, Equity, and the Learning Environment](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2016b-Fall-Race-Equity-Learning-Environment.jpg)
![The Skillful Teacher](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2016a-Spring-Skillful-Teacher.jpg)
![Creating Self-Regulated Learners](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2015b-Fall-Creating-Self-Regulated-Learners.jpg)
![Specifications Grading](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2015a-Spring-Specifications-Grading.jpg)
![Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning.](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2014b-Fall-Make-It-Stick.jpg)
![Cheating Lessons: Learning From Academic Dishonesty](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2014a-Spring-Cheating-Lessons.jpg)
![Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Pracctice](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2013b-Fall-Learner-Centered-Teaching.jpg)
![Image of the book, From Brain to Mind: Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education.](https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/224/2022/11/2013a-Spring-From-Brain-To-Mind.jpg)
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