Teaching with Style: Effectively Engaging All Students

Discover cutting-edge interactive strategies to engage all learners!  During this session, participants will develop easy, practical strategies to both identify and apply different styles of teaching and learning to their specific educational setting. Attendees will have the opportunity to strategize and design activities/sessions to effectively engage all learners in the cycle of learning.

Date and Time

Wednesday, May 21, 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Effectively engage all learners in the cycle of learning
2. Discover techniques for determining student learning styles
3. Apply different styles/types of teaching and learning
4. Design sessions/ lessons/activities using cutting edge teaching and learning techniques that engage all learners.

Presenters:

Julie A. Churchill, DVM, PhD

Dr. Julie Churchill graduated from Michigan State University.  She attended the University of Georgia for her small animal internship in medicine and surgery. She then completed a combined residency/PhD program in internal medicine and clinical nutrition at University of Minnesota.  She participated in the TOPdS (which became PFF), Bush Early Career Faculty Program and Continuing the Conversation Programs offered at UMN.

Dr. Churchill is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor in companion animal nutrition at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.  She is chair of the Committee on Curriculum and Education Policy, member of the VCS Department Education Committee and Director of the Nutrition Service at the University Veterinary Medical Center.  Dr. Churchill has interests in curricular development, teaching and learning through different learning styles, and teaching professionalism in the veterinary curriculum.  Her clinical interests include many aspects of small animal nutrition including obesity prevention and treatment, the role of nutrition in maintaining wellness, the nutrition needs of geriatric patients, nutritional management of kidney diseases, and critical care nutrition.

Peggy Root Kustritz, DVM, PhD

Dr. Peggy Root Kustritz is a 1987 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. After working in small animal private practice in the Twin Cities for several years, she returned to the University of Minnesota, completing a residency in theriogenology under Dr. Shirley Johnston. She achieved board certification in theriogenology in 1994, and completed a PhD in theriogenology in 1995. She currently is employed as an associate professor in small animal reproduction and also serves as vice-chair of the department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She is immediate past-president of the American College of Theriogenologists. She is the author of two veterinary texts and one text for dog breeders and is a frequent speaker for lay and veterinary audiences.

Deb Wingert, PhD

It is Dr. Wingert’s privilege to serve as the Director of Educational Development at the College of Veterinary Medicine, facilitating several initiatives in teaching and learning. Her graduate degrees, M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology, were earned in 1977 and 1980 from Utah State University. In addition to teaching in higher education for more than 20 years, she serves as Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Coordinator for UMN graduate students, and Early Career Coordinator for UMN Early Career faculty, under the auspices of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), teaching several courses to doctoral students in preparation for their academic career as a professor, and helping new faculty enhance their teaching excellence at a major research university.