Curiosity and Collaboration: A General Education Colloquium

Join these highly interactive sessions to engage in a series of cross-disciplinary dialogues about the teaching and learning throughout Penn State's general education curriculum. Each session will feature the work of different Penn State faculty members and/or students. Even if you aren't teaching general education courses (yet), you are welcome to join us for inspiration, conversation, and community. These events are a collaboration of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and the Office for General Education.
 

Seeing Differently: A Conversation about Spatial Thinking across the Disciplines

Friday, February 7, 2025 @ 12:00pm

Speakers:
TBD

We live, work, and play in an increasingly visualized world. Spatial thinking encompasses our abilities to solve problems of navigation, recognize relevant spatial patterns or details, and visualize objects from different angles (Paultanus, 2014). While long recognized in science and engineering, emerging research suggests that spatial thinking may also be beneficial in strengthening learning outcomes such as creative problem solving, critical reasoning, and digital fluency in nearly all disciplines. We invite you to join us for a lovely conversation about spatial thinking as a 21st century general education competency.

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Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship in General Education: A Conversation with the Incoming Editors of the Journal of General Education

Friday, March 21, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.

Presented by:
Maggie Slattery
Laura Cruz
and staff at Penn State Press

Join us for a lively conversation with the incoming co-editors of the Journal for General Education, as well as the head of Penn State University Press (the journal's publisher) to learn more about what scholars are thinking about when it comes to general education practice, what editors are looking for when it comes to general education scholarship, and how your interests might align with those of the journal (and its publisher). You will get a glimpse behind the scenes of a well-established academic journal as well as the opportunity to ask open questions to a panel of experienced journal editors and publishers.

Register here for Zoom link: https://forms.office.com/r/B8bMcRTSns