Teaching Excellence Workshop:
Getting Good Student Teaching Evaluations
Jed Lyons
Thursday, August 26, 2010, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511
Description
The best way to get good teaching evaluations from students is to be a good teacher. Good teaching involves both content mastery and interpersonal rapport. Dr. Jed Lyons will share responses from veteran faculty about how to maintain rigor in course content in such a way that the students are educated as well as engaged. Required and suggested methods for student feedback on instruction will also be discussed.
About the Facilitator
This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Jed Lyons, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Lyons is the recipient of USC’s Michael J. Mungo Teaching Award, Joseph Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award, and Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor Award.
This workshop is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence. For more information, please
e-mail
cte@sc.edu or call 803-777-8322.