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Ignatian Pedagogy Institute: Ignatian Discernment and Intellectual Inquiry for Enhanced Teaching and Learning Monday, March 9, Il Monastero During this day-long institute, participants will increase and deepen their knowledge of Ignatian pedagogy as an extension of Ignatian spirituality through the lenses of discernment and inquiry. Through multiple interactive sessions, participants will engage in studied decision making… Continue reading Upcoming Event: Ignatian Pedagogy Institute

Three new Defining Features resources have been posted to the Reinert Center website [LINK].  

Welcome everyone to a new academic year at SLU. Below is a general summary of the services we provide to graduate students (and faculty) and a brief overview of our Certificate in University Teaching Skills certificate programs. Core Services We Provide (for a full list and more details on our services, please visit our website)… Continue reading Services for Graduate Students

Many of us in the SLU community are remembering Mark Wilson this week, a cherished colleague and friend who died very unexpectedly one year ago. Mark was an associate professor in the theatre program and taught undergraduate courses on performance, lighting, and design. At the time of his death, there was an outpouring of stories… Continue reading Remembering Mark Wilson

Just in case you were too busy during the spring semester and missed some of our resources or blog postings, here are three things we would like to draw to your attention. -Technology for Teaching, an e-journal by the Reinert Center’s instructional developer staff made it’s debut. You can read the first issue at https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/teachforteaching.… Continue reading In Case You Missed It…

The Reinert Center invites you to read the first issue of our new ejournal Technology for Teaching. Technology for Teaching is a semi-annual publication from the Instructional Developer team in Saint Louis University's Reinert Center. Each issue will explore innovative ways technology might be used in teaching. It is available online at https://tinyurl.com/TechforTeachingSLU

Recently, the Reinert Center hosted two book group discussions on Claude Steele’s Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. A readable distillation of Steele’s social psychological research on stereotypes and identity (as well as subsequent research inspired by his work), the book can help us to understand educational performance gaps between… Continue reading What Should We Know about Stereotype Threat?

by Jeanne Eichler, MOT, OTR/L, MT, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Here is the scenario…. We find ourselves stuck in a method of thinking or doing things that is more out of habit than of passion…. eventually taking all aspects of creativity out of the process and putting us on auto pilot…. leading to… Continue reading Tapping Into Creativity Through Lateral Thinking

by Luís Pinto de Sá, Graduate Student, Philosophy At a sufficient level of generality, creative thought in philosophy does not differ much from creative thought in other fields. I suppose that by “creative” we mean both new and interesting. If so, no creative thinker can afford to ignore the work of those that preceded her.… Continue reading Creative Thought in Philosophy

by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center Mid-term can be a powerful time for reflection – reflection for you on how you’re experiencing your teaching, reflection for students on how they’re experiencing their learning. For students who have found course content challenging during the first half of the semester, it can be a time when the… Continue reading Fostering Self-Reflection at Mid-Term