Spring Program for Northeastern Section NExT

Friday, June 13, 2003

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts

North Adams, MA

The Northeastern Section is continuing a Section NExT program for new and relatively new colleagues at this year’s spring Section meeting. By providing talks and workshops on issues of interest, opportunities to meet and share ideas with other new colleagues, and an introduction into Section activities, we hope to assist new faculty in their transition from graduate school to professional academic life.  We welcome all untenured full time faculty, both those who have and have not been National NExT fellows. 

10:00-10:30  Registration of prospective Section NExT fellows and preliminary information.

10:30-11:20  Contemporary Topics and Discrete Math; Observations, Connections, and Innovations, by Prof. Ann Kizanis of Western New England College.  Prof. Kizanis will present ideas about motivating mathematical content typical in freshmen courses.  Some of her discussion will include general material about teaching freshmen, which she presents annually to new WNEC faculty.  She will also discuss how these topics are examined at an upper division level.

11:30-12:00  Preparation for Tenure Discussion

            Prof. Solomon Friedberg, Boston College

            Prof. Lisa Humphreys, Rhode Island College

            Prof. Ockle Johnson, Keene State College

            Prof. Ann Kizanis, Western New England College

            Prof. Mary Sullivan, Rhode Island College

12:00-1:15  Lunch

1:15-2:00  Making Waves, by Prof. Solomon Friedberg of Boston College.  Prof Friedberg will deliver a Case Studies presentation related to the teaching of calculus.  Case studies are a way of deepening ones understanding of content from a pedagogical perspective while also addressing pedagogical issues.  This case is one of several from the materials created by the Boston College Mathematics Case Studies Project.

3:00 Section Meeting begins.

If you are interested, please contact Lisa Humphreys of Rhode Island College at LHumphreys@ric.edu.  You should also register for the Section meeting by completing the registration form in the Section Newsletter and check off that you will be participating in the Section NExT program.  (If you did not receive a Newsletter, indicate that to Lisa.)  Note that the Section NExT activities are free.

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