Fall 2009: Faculty Workshop on How to teach the Books of the Year
by Kathleen McCoy |
Today, Sept. 3, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 302
Join your colleagues for a discussion of ways you can incorporate the UAA/APU Books of the Year into your courses during 2009-10. The theme for this year's program is "Responding to Climate Change in Alaska," a very rich and topical subject that can be explored in a variety of ways throughout the curriculum.
A faculty committee selected two books: The Whale and the Supercomputer by Charles Wohlforth, which discusses the scientific method, Alaska Native ways of knowing, and the impact of climate change on the whaling crews of Barrow, and Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner is a series of autobiographical essays that show the ways humans can live off the land in the Far North, and the changes, both physical and social, brought by climate change. Campus events related to the Books of the Year program are planned, and many faculty are using all or part of the books in their courses. Please join us as we share ideas for how to begin discussing these important books and issues on campus this year!
For more information, please e-mail Libby Roderick aner@uaa.alaska.edu. Register at the CAFE Web site.
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