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  Welcome to the CTE Website
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We hope that you will find many useful resources both on this website and in the center. We are located on the second floor of the Johnson Center (Room 241) and invite you to stop by anytime.

The CTE offers a range of support and learning opportunities for instructors across Mason's campuses.This site is designed to provide information specific to teaching at Mason as well as numerous resources created to sustain and enhance your teaching and learning practices, whether you are just getting started or have years of experience. We invite you to explore all of the resources here in order to learn about available programs and support. If you don't find what you are looking for, please contact us. We look forward to working with you.

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Construction is now complete, and we have moved into our remodeled space. Stop by JC 241 to have a look around, check out our new library, and tell us how your teaching is going!
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OSCAR (the Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research) is now open for business! This office is the home of the Students as Scholars initiative. OSCAR is located in JC 246, and they have a new website that can be found at oscar.gmu.edu.
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flowersThe CTE announces an exciting opportunity for the spring semester!

We are hosting a reading group to discuss Stephen D. Brookfield's Teaching for Critical Thinking (Jossey-Bass, 2011). Meetings will be led by John O'Connor (Higher Ed. Program) and Josh Eyler (CTE) and will be held every three weeks, beginning on Tuesday, February 7th. Contact us at the CTE (cte@gmu.edu) for more information.horizontal line
 
 
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Tomorrow's Professor Blog: A partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University to create a forum for comments and discussion about articles from the Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List and about general issues concerning higher education. horizontal line

Teaching Professor Blog: The Teaching Professor Blog features weekly posts from Dr. Maryellen Weimer, professor emeritus at Penn State Berks and one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching, regarding topics as: the scholarship of teaching and learning, classroom policies, active learning, assessment, generational differences, and student performance. horizontal line

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ProfHacker: delivers tips, tutorials, and commentary on pedagogy, productivity, and technology in higher education.horizontal line

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Got Questions About Teaching?

“How do I improve my lecturing style?”  “How do I construct effective exams?"  “What do I do if I catch a student cheating or plagiarizing?”

These are some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) posed by Faculty and GTAs. We have put together a comprehensive list of these FAQs with some responses and resources. Please contact us with any of your questions that are not addressed in our list.

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Award Winning Faculty

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has just announced the recipients of the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award. Out of 125 applications from Virginia's public and private colleges and universities, only 12 were chosen, and we are proud to report that two Mason faculty members have been selected for this prestigious honor: Dr. Giorgio Ascoli (Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study) and Dr. Robert Hazen (Robinson Professor, Earth Sciences).

This award is not only a credit to their exceptional achievements, but it is also evidence of the amazing work happening here at Mason. Congratulations!
       

 

 

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