/envs/ en /envs/2017/02/07/new-initiative-showcase-best-teaching-practices-campus-making-teaching-and-learning <span>New initiative to showcase best teaching practices on campus: Making Teaching and Learning Visible</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-02-07T16:03:41-07:00" title="Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 16:03">Tue, 02/07/2017 - 16:03</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/envs/taxonomy/term/46"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/envs/taxonomy/term/130" hreflang="en">Peter Newton</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Like many faculty members everywhere, Environmental Studies Program Assistant Professor Peter Newton had very little hands-on teaching experience when he began his current position at CU Boulder. While research came as second nature, teaching was something else entirely.</p><p>He found much-needed support and ideas through the Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (FTEP) on campus, and even won a course-development grant from the New Assistant Professor Program (NAPP). With the objective of increasing student engagement in his undergraduate course on sustainable food systems, Newton organized a field trip to a local farm and devised experiential learning assignments—such as requiring students to eat sustainably and ethically for a week and document their experiences. Not only did students seem more engaged, the course met the learning objectives....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Visist <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/01/30/new-initiative-showcase-best-teaching-practices-campus" rel="nofollow"><em>CU Boulder Today</em></a> for the full story.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:03:41 +0000 Anonymous 1074 at /envs