Faculty Workshop Day is Wednesday, February 24th!
Thirteen distinct workshops will be offered during the concurrent sessions. Detailed program information, workshop descriptions, and registration options can be found at https://www.hvcc.edu/facultyworkshop/program.html. Each workshop is limited to 35 participants, so you are encouraged to register soon.
Please plan on joining us in this annual event promoting professional development and interaction!
Faculty Workshop Day 2016
Community Connections: The Classroom and Beyond
Feb. 24, 2016
Bulmer Telecommunications Center
Keynote Speaker
— Ernest Morell, director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education, and Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
For nearly 20 years, Dr. Morrell’s research has focused on drawing upon youth’s interest in popular culture and participatory media technologies to increase motivation and to promote academic literacy development, civic engagement, and college access. He also is recognized nationally for developing powerful models of teaching and learning in classrooms and non-school environments, and for engaging youth and communities in the project of educational reform.
Professor Morrell has written more than 50 articles that have appeared in journals such as Teachers College Record, the Journal of Teacher Education, Reading Research Quarterly, English Education, the English Journal, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Action in Teacher Education, and the Annual Yearbook of the National Reading Conference. He has written numerous book chapters and four books including “The Art of Critical Pedagogy: Possibilities for Moving from Theory to Practice in Urban Schools” with Jeff Duncan-Andrade, and “Critical Literacy and Urban Youth: Pedagogies of Access, Dissent, and Liberation.”
Published: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:55:26 +0000 by a.podlaski