Keynote Presenter Stephen D. Brookfield
Assessing Our Impact on Students' Learning: Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Presentation (10:00 - 11:00 am)
Q&A (11:15 - 11:45 am)
How do we know what and how students are learning? And how do we assess the impact of our teaching practices on learners? Stephen Brookfield will discuss the importance of assessing the accuracy and validity of the assumptions which guide our teaching and demonstrate how social media backchannels can help us become critically reflective teachers.
About Stephen D. Brookfield
Since beginning his educational career in 1970, Stephen has worked in England, Canada, and the United States, teaching and consulting in a variety of adult, community, organizational and higher education settings. His overall project is to help people learn to think critically about the dominant ideologies they have internalized and how these can be challenged. He is particularly interested in methodologies of critical thinking, discussion and dialog, critical reflection, leadership, and the exploration of power dynamics, particularly around racial identity and white supremacy. To that end he has written, co-written or edited twenty books on adult learning, teaching, critical thinking, discussion methods, critical theory, leadership and teaching race, six of which have won the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education (in 1986, 1989, 1996, 2005, 2011 and 2012). His academic appointments have included positions at the University of British Columbia, Teachers College Columbia University (New York), Harvard University and the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He has consulted with numerous organizations and institutions across the world and delivered multiple workshops and conference keynotes. He is currently part-time Antioch University Distinguished Scholar, Adjunct Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University (New York) and Emeritus Professor at the University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis-St. Paul).
His most recent book – Becoming a White Antiracist: A Practical Guide for Educators, Leaders and Activists (co-authored with Mary Hess) is published by Stylus Publishers.
He also leads a pop punk, rock & roll band—The 99ers—who are currently recording their 7th album. Listen to The 99ers at the99ersband.com, https://the99ers.bandcamp.com/music, and also on iTunes, Spotify & other streaming services.
You can find Stephen’s educational Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BrookfieldWorkshops/
His Wikipedia entry can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Brookfield
