What’s So Great about Intro Courses?

AHA Session 78
Saturday, January 4, 2020: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Mercury Ballroom (New York Hilton, Third Floor)
Chair:
Julia Akinyi Brookins, American Historical Association
Panel:
Peter Felten, Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University and Gardner Institute
Christopher Flanagan, American Historical Association
Susannah McGowan, Georgetown University
This facilitated discussion, intended for graduate student instructors but open to all, will guide participants to discuss the value and purposes of introductory history courses. We will then dig into questions about how to design courses that build on those characteristics and meet the needs of diverse student groups.

Session Abstract

This facilitated discussion, intended for graduate student instructors but open to all, will guide participants through a process to hone in on the value and purposes of introductory history courses. Participants will have opportunities to share their experiences and listen to others, and to build a collective picture of the kinds of courses that serve as effective gateways to college learning in general and to the history discipline in particular. We will then dig into questions about how to design courses that build on those characteristics and meet the needs of diverse student groups.
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