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From 26 to 29 July, LTC Chris Mayer attended the American Association of Philosophy Teachers conference at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas. At the conference, LTC Mayer, who is the course director for PY201 (Philosophy), led a workshop titled “Developing Goals for and Assessing Learning in an Introduction to Philosophy Course.” Workshop participants learned how to align the goals of an introduction to philosophy course with institutional learning goals; they also examined assessment data and discussed what it meant in terms of how well students were achieving the course’s learning goals. After their review of the course goals and assessment data, participants discussed ways to improve learning in both introductory philosophy courses and PY201.
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