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Fall Forum on Teaching and Learning
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Each year the
Fall Forum
on Teaching and Learning brings
together faculty from across DePaul's colleges and schools to connect
with one another and share strategies for teaching and learning. The
Fall Forum kicks off the academic year with an event focused on
pedagogy, complementing the annual Teaching and Learning Conference in the spring.
The 2019 Fall Forum will address helping students reclaim cognitive resources lost to poverty, racism, and other “differentisms.”
The 2018 Fall Forum on Teaching and Learning addressed the complexity and challenges of teaching in a time of increasing political polarization.
Race and social identity is especially important to the DePaul community given the university’s commitment to creating and maintaining an inclusive learning environment.
Idea-based learning is a process for developing college instruction that has a clear purpose, is systematically-situated in the curriculum, and improves student learning in measurable ways.
The theme of 2015’s Fall Forum on Teaching and
Learning—“Teaching Through Civic Engagement: Doing Good Well”—reflects
the university’s core value of service to others and the oft-quoted exhortation from St. Vincent DePaul, “It is not enough to do good; it must be done well.” 
The theme of 2014’s Fall Forum on Teaching and Learning—"Can You Teach Perseverance?"—spoke to DePaul’s stated commitment to the education of first generation college students. 
Peggy Maki, author of "Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution" (Stylus, 2010), focused on how faculty members can cultivate a culture of scholarly inquiry to improve student learning. 
Stephen Brookfield, a noted scholar in the field of adult education, focused on ways we can explore alternative perspectives in
the classroom and shared teaching techniques that encourage creative &
critical thinking by our students.