Episode description

For our third episode this season, we will focus on the first of five strategic goals in The POGIL Project’s Strategic Plan, which is to Grow and Support POGIL Practitioners: We will talk about some of the recent initiatives that have helped us pursue this goal, including the National Conference to Advance POGIL Practice, the Networks Working Group, and the upcoming Climate Justice Symposium. A fundamental aspect of teaching in a POGIL classroom is building personal relationships— student to student and student to teacher. It is no surprise that Goal One of the Strategic Plan encourages us to reach out and build personal relationships that are so important in any organization. We have some folks with us today who have been instrumental in that outreach.

Today, co-host Wayne Pearson (who is a retired chemistry professor from the U.S. Naval Academy) interviews our three panelists-Tim Herzog, Professor of Chemistry

Chair of Faculty Senate at Weber State University, Gail Webster, formerly a professor of Chemistry at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC and now American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Policy and Technology Fellow in Washington DC; and Kristin Plessel, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Enjoy the conversation!