Teaching.Training
L3 - lifelong learning
my philosophy in a nut shell
Teaching is a lifelong learning opportunity and process. As a teacher, I establish collaborative learning communities and use varying methods that facilitate learning and critical thinking of adult learners with differing backgrounds, experiences, styles, and needs.
Evaluation.theory&practice
2008
Upcoming soon: Workshop to be presented at the Michigan Association for Evaluation
2006
Goal-free evaluation. 2.5 hour lecture with workshop characteristics presented to the advisory board meeting of the German Youth Institut. Beiratssitzung des Deutschen Jugendinstituts, Munich, Germany, October 20, 2006.
Scriven’s Key Evaluation Checklist. Half-day workshop. Deutsches Jugendinstitut, e.V. (German Youth Institute), Munich, Germany, October 19, 2006.
Weshalb Empfehlungen in der Evaluation sinnlos sind… und weitere Denkanstösse aus Michael Scrivens “Key Evaluation Checklist,” (Why recommendations don’t make sense… and other food for thought from Michael Scriven’s KEC), [with W. Beywl and Chris L. S. Coryn]. Discussion Group. Koordinationsstelle für Weiterbildung, Universität Bern, Switzerland, October 09, 2006.
“Goal-Free Evaluation”-Wirkungspotentiale eines Evaluationsansatzes der aus dem Rahmen fällt. (Potentials of an evaluation approach that falls out of the frame) . [with Chris L. S. Coryn, moderated by W. Beywl] One-day workshop for advanced evaluators. Koordinationsstelle für Weiterbildung, Universität Bern, Switzerland, October 09, 2006.
The Field of Evaluation 101: Are you new to the field of evaluation or considering it as a career? [workshop with Michael Scriven and Chris L. S. Coryn]. Eleventh annual conference of the Michigan Association for Evaluation. Lansing, MI. March 30, 2006.
2005
Western Michigan University, Extended University Programs, Kalamazoo, MI, Adjunct Faculty: EDLD 6010–Evaluation of Nonprofit Organizations, two credit graduate seminar for students of Public and Arts Administration designed as an introductory crash course in (i) the logic and methodology of evaluation, (ii) evaluation design, (iii) essential critical thinking skills, and (iv) the evaluation profession. For more information, see: Critical Self-Evaluation.
Communications.Negotiation and more
2002–04
Friedrich Schiller University, Department of Intercultural Business Communication, Jena, Germany, Adjunct Faculty : Negotiation trainings/ two-day compact seminars: Theories of negotiation, simulations with video feedback
2002
Interculture .de, Jena, Germany, Trainer: Culture-specific negotiation training/two-day compact seminar in Ilmenau, Germany: Focus on assessing internship experiences abroad of unemployed individuals with academic degrees. Theories of negotiation, simulations with video feedback
2001
Second Intercultural Summer Academy, interculture.de in cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Trainer: Negotiation training: Conducting business in Germany, simulations with video feedback and content discussion
2000
First Intercultural Summer Academy co-sponsorored by interculture.de and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Trainer: Critical incidents as a method in intercultural training, Workshop.
German.as a Foreign Language
2000–01
Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany, Instructor: Introductory German as a Foreign Language.
European Summer Academy in Weimar, Germany, Instructor: Intensive intermediate German as a foreign language to multicultural/international students: courses and choice of material of own design, using general textbooks and grammars and in addition primary historical and cultural texts, literature, film, and internet resources.
1999–2000
Institute for Intercultural Communication, Jena, Germany, Instructor: Intermediate German and English as foreign/second languages to German-Russian immigrants.
1998
Evening College, Lansing, MI, USA, Faculty: Introductory German as a foreign language
Teaching.Assistant
2000–02
Friedrich Schiller University, Department of Intercultural Business Communication, Jena, Germany, Teaching Assistant: Tutorial seminar for the Introduction to Intercultural Business Communication. Lectures and exercises in 2000/01 of own Design, in 2001/02 departmental exercises and lecture contents.
1998–99
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA: Teaching Assistant:
Integrative studies in the Arts and Humanities (IAH 201, Spring 1999): “The U.S. and the World,”
German (GRM 101, Fall 1998): “Introduction to German,” Assistance with exam administration (Zertifikatsprüfung) of the Goethe Institute Ann Arbor, MI.
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