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TLC's Small Teaching Book Club - Fall 2024

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About

The Book Club

James Lang's Small Teaching is a wonderful source of simple, easy to implement, yet highly effective teaching strategies that will benefit instructors in all disciplines and modalities. Join us in the book club as we meet weekly on Wednesdays from 12pm to 1pm MST on Zoom over 6 weeks in October and November to discuss the research, models, and approaches recommended by Lang. We'll dive in together on a few topics each week using strategies from the book as we meet to gain a deeper understanding of how these approaches work for both instructors and students.

The book club will culminate with a meeting with the author, James Lang, on November 13th from 12pm to 1pm MST.

See the Weekly Agenda and Dates below for more on the topics and dates.

The Facilitator

T. Adam Baldry is a Project Manager, Educational Technology in the Teaching & Learning Center at Pima and a PhD student in Higher Education at the University of Arizona. He has over 10 years of professional and volunteer teaching experience in various modalities and disciplines. As an an expert with both technology and pedagogy, he hopes to bring a unique lens to this book club as we consider the practical application of Small Teaching's approaches and how to make the most of them using the technology at available at Pima.

Registration

Book Access

As part of your registration you will be asked to indicate how to you would like to access the book. We have 20 physical copies of Small Teaching (Second Edition) available upon request on a first come, first serve basis through the TLC. We have unlimited digital copies of Small Teaching (Second Edition) available through the PCC library through the link below. If you request a physical copy and none are available, then you will be encouraged to read the digital copy through the library.

Access the Digital Copy of Small Teaching (Second Edition) through the PCC Library.

Please Note: In order to access the digital copy of the book you will be required to sign in using your MyPima Credentials.

Additionally, if you have already have a subscription to Audible you may consider listening to the first edition of Small Teaching as it is included in all Audible subscriptions for no additional charge or use of book credits.

Please Note: the TLC will not purchase subscriptions to Audible or audiobook versions of the book.

Book Versions

There are both first and second editions of Small Teaching. The second edition includes some minor post-covid updates to Part 1 and Part 2 of the book and significant revisions to Part 3.

Most participants will likely read the second edition. However, you are encouraged to read whichever edition is convenient for you as all will gain wisdom from reading either edition. The facilitator has read both editions of the book and will be ready to discuss both editions.

Weekly Agenda & Dates

Weekly Agenda Dates (Wednesdays, 12pm-1pm)
Book Club Kickoff, Predicting, Retrieving 10/02/2024
Retrieving, Interleaving, Connecting 10/09/2024
Connecting, Practicing, Explaining 10/16/2024
Explaining, Belonging, Motivating 10/23/2024
Rest Week (Encouraged to attend PimaOnline Educators’ Conference) 10/30/2024
Motivating, Learning, Reflection/Critque of Small Teaching 11/06/2024
Meeting with the Author, James Lang 11/13/2024

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