Post Secondary Teaching and Learning - PSTL

Description:  Water, Water, Everywhere? is a writing intensive freshman seminar with an environmental theme. Students will learn about the vital role water plays in the functioning of ecosystems, and will analyze some of the environmental challenges involving water. We will also explore literary and artistic expressions inspired by water. Selected readings, guest speakers, and films will help us understand how the ecosystem functions, inform us on challenges involving access to clean water, inspire us with artistic endeavors, and educate us about some of the efforts going on at the University and beyond to protect and celebrate the gift of clean water. Students will have an opportunity to visit a university or community organization of their choosing, and take photographs in order to create digital stories. The class will post their digital stories to a public website that they also create. Technical assistance will be provided. Students will write in the forms of first person narrative, an analytical paper, as well as weekly responses to readings. Throughout the seminar the instructor will be teaching effective writing strategies and providing feedback on students? work. One paper can be revised after receiving teacher?s feedback. The seminar will be an exciting, hands on experience from a multidisciplinary perspective, about a resource we can?t live without.

Instructor:  Buturian,Linda J | Instructor Photo | Instructor Bio