At first glance, the word "moving" seems very prosaic. And yet — look at some definitions for "moving:"
- Stirring the emotions
- Prompting or rousing to the doing of something
- Changing or causing to change from one state, opinion, sphere, position or activity to another
As it turns out, these are phrases that apply when we talk about the kind of teachers we want to be:
- We wish to stir our students' emotions, so that they might see the beauty of differential equations, radial colonies on aquatic plants, directorial technique, or any aspect of a discipline . . . and be moved, as we are moved by our interests and passions to spend our lives deepening our understanding of our disciplines.
- We want to rouse students' curiosity, so that they are moved to enjoy the pleasures of exploration and reflection, as we were moved to become lifelong learners.
- We hope to transform students from passive consumers to active learners, so that they might be moved to challenge their own opinions and positions, as we were moved by our own learning experiences to become critical thinkers.
Join your colleagues for a series of conversations about how to move students to work, think and learn by engaging them through interactive lectures, active learning strategies, and significant learning experiences.