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Lighting fires

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Dates:29 January 2014
Times:13:00 - 14:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:Faculty of Life Sciences
Who is it for:University staff, Current University students
Speaker:Professor Tim Birkhead
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  • Tim's views on Education
  • Bird Sense
  • 'Ornithology since Darwin'

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  • In group "(FLS) Special Seminars"
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This seminar is part of the Special seminar series.

Teaching is commonly regarded as 'filling buckets' - filling students' heads with 'stuff'. I will discuss my approach to teaching where the emphasis is more on inspiring them and encouraging them to develop a genuine interest in a topic - hence 'lighting fires'. I will focus on students' expectations, created from ten years of school, and how they differ from our expectations.

To discover more about Tim’s views on education, you can check his personal page. http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/aps/staff-and-students/acadstaff/trb-teaching

He also recently wrote articles on ornithology for the New Scientist and a book. 'Bird Sense' Independent and Guardian's natural history book of 2012: http://bird-sense.com. NEW BOOK: 'Ornithology since Darwin': http://post.queensu.ca/~mont/TTB/

For further information about this event, contact: Maggy Fostier, Email: maggy.fostier@manchester.ac.uk

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Professor Tim Birkhead

Organisation: University of Sheffield

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Michael Smith Lecture Theatre
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maggy.fostier@manchester.ac.uk

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