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AgiStachowiak: /* Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations */

AgiStachowiak — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:47:35 GMT

Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations

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	==Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations==		==Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations==
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-	~~Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-five-lessons \| year five]]<br>~~
-	~~Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-four-lessons \| year four]]<br>~~
-	~~Lessons from [[ANS_109-110-year-three-lessons \| year three]]<br>~~
-	~~Lessons from [[ANS_109-year-two-lessons \| year two]]<br>~~
-	~~Lessons from [[ANS_109-year-one-lessons \| year one]]<br>~~

	* Transparency - I would like to convey to you ''why'' you are learning what you are learning at every stage, and also how you will be held accountable for this knowledge. In turn, I expect you to keep me abreast of any bugs or features of the course.		* Transparency - I would like to convey to you ''why'' you are learning what you are learning at every stage, and also how you will be held accountable for this knowledge. In turn, I expect you to keep me abreast of any bugs or features of the course.
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	* Adaptability - No matter what your next career may be, adapting to unexpected outcomes and redefining your strategy and goals as needed will be vital. In my own work, flexibility and experimentation with pedagogical methods is a priority. Please do not hesitate to give me feedback.		* Adaptability - No matter what your next career may be, adapting to unexpected outcomes and redefining your strategy and goals as needed will be vital. In my own work, flexibility and experimentation with pedagogical methods is a priority. Please do not hesitate to give me feedback.
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		+	==Yearly Lessons Learned==
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		+	Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-five-lessons \| year five]]<br>
		+	Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-four-lessons \| year four]]<br>
		+	Lessons from [[ANS_109-110-year-three-lessons \| year three]]<br>
		+	Lessons from [[ANS_109-year-two-lessons \| year two]]<br>
		+	Lessons from [[ANS_109-year-one-lessons \| year one]]<br>

	==Teaching History==		==Teaching History==

AgiStachowiak: /* Current Recommended Reads */

AgiStachowiak — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:36:08 GMT

Current Recommended Reads

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	==Current Recommended Reads==		==Current Recommended Reads==

		+	*2012 Gee, who is [http://waxbanks.typepad.com/blog/waxbooks.html this] up-and-coming writer... ?
	*2010 One day in my free time I will review pregnancy and infancy books... <br>		*2010 One day in my free time I will review pregnancy and infancy books... <br>
	*2009 Spring/Summer [[ANS_2009_Books \| here]]		*2009 Spring/Summer [[ANS_2009_Books \| here]]

AgiStachowiak: /* Other projects */

AgiStachowiak — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:35:38 GMT

Other projects

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	Summer 2008 — primary author of departmental guidelines for undergraduate education best practices<br>		Summer 2008 — primary author of departmental guidelines for undergraduate education best practices<br>
-	Summer 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 — co-organizer of departmental [[MIT_BE_TA-Training-2011 \| TA training (2011 site)]]	+	Summer 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 — co-organizer of departmental [[MIT_BE_TA-Training-2011 \| TA training (2011 site)]]<br>
-	Summer 2012 &mdash author of [http://measure.mit.edu/~20.309/wiki/index.php?title=Electronics_Primer electronics primer] for subject 20.309, ''Biological Instrumentation and Measurement''	+	Summer 2012 — author of [http://measure.mit.edu/~20.309/wiki/index.php?title=Electronics_Primer electronics primer] for subject 20.309, ''Biological Instrumentation and Measurement''

	==Research Interests==		==Research Interests==

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AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:43:16 GMT

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	Prior to joining the teaching faculty here in Biological Engineering, I was myself educated at MIT for ten years (this is sometimes derisively referred to as being a "lifer"). I first acquired an S.B. in Chemical Engineering (2001), then a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering under the auspices of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2007). My interest in the interface between biology and materials came about late in my undergraduate career, and I was fortunate to pursue this interest at the graduate level in [http://web.mit.edu/biomaterials Darrell Irvine's lab]. In addition to a challenging and engaging research experience, graduate school offered me a chance to hone my teaching (assistant) chops, first in [http://student.mit.edu/@0760803.28299/catalog/search.cgi?search=3.012&style=verbatim 3.012 (thermodynamics)], then in [http://student.mit.edu/@0760803.28299/catalog/search.cgi?search=20.361&style=verbatim 20.361 (biotechnology)]. I have a passion for the written word, whether reading literature or enabling effective and elegant science communication. My greatest interest now is in fostering a science-literate citizenry by multiple tactics: at the college instructor level, this means developing the abilities of students to navigate a large body of information, to understand the logic of experimental design, and to communicate their findings to myriad audiences.		Prior to joining the teaching faculty here in Biological Engineering, I was myself educated at MIT for ten years (this is sometimes derisively referred to as being a "lifer"). I first acquired an S.B. in Chemical Engineering (2001), then a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering under the auspices of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2007). My interest in the interface between biology and materials came about late in my undergraduate career, and I was fortunate to pursue this interest at the graduate level in [http://web.mit.edu/biomaterials Darrell Irvine's lab]. In addition to a challenging and engaging research experience, graduate school offered me a chance to hone my teaching (assistant) chops, first in [http://student.mit.edu/@0760803.28299/catalog/search.cgi?search=3.012&style=verbatim 3.012 (thermodynamics)], then in [http://student.mit.edu/@0760803.28299/catalog/search.cgi?search=20.361&style=verbatim 20.361 (biotechnology)]. I have a passion for the written word, whether reading literature or enabling effective and elegant science communication. My greatest interest now is in fostering a science-literate citizenry by multiple tactics: at the college instructor level, this means developing the abilities of students to navigate a large body of information, to understand the logic of experimental design, and to communicate their findings to myriad audiences.
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		+	==My Role in the Department of Biological Engineering==
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		+	As a technical instructor in Biological Engineering since Fall 2007, I see my role as improving teaching and learning throughout the department wherever possible. My primary responsibility is teaching 20.109, Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, and I continue to develop new curriculum and pedagogical approaches in that role. I have designed experimental modules in protein engineering (tuning a fluorescent calcium sensor, with Alan Jasanoff), cell/biomaterial engineering (3D culture of chondrocytes and/or stem cells for cartilage tissue engineering, with Alan Grodzinsky), RNA engineering (enrichment of heme-binding aptamers, with Jacquin Niles), and system engineering (tuning edge-detecting bacteria to improve image contrast, with Ron Weiss). More broadly, I have co-organized our departmental training for graduate teaching assistants for the past few years, each year improving the training by adding components such as a practice teaching session and a talk on teaching in diverse classrooms. I have also playing a leading role in two initiatives as part of the department’s Committee on the Undergraduate program. As chair of the sub-committee on educational practice in 2008, I was the primary author of departmental guidelines for best practices in undergraduate education. As co-chair of the sub-committee on improving writing instruction, I’m currently devising and implementing strategies for improving how our students are trained as scientific writers. Finally, to expand my sense of teaching and learning department-wide, I taught a recitation in our foundational thermodynamics course in 2009, and wrote supplementary instructional material for our instrumentation laboratory class in 2012.

	==Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations==		==Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations==
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	===Classes===		===Classes===

-	Fall ~~2007 - Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, subject~~ [[20.109(F07) \| ~~20.109~~]] ~~- instructor <br>~~	+	Fall [[20.109(F07) \| 2007]], [[20.109(F08) \| 2008]], [[20.109(F09) \| 2009]], [[20.109(F11) \| 2011]], [[20.109(F12) \| 2012]]- Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, subject 20.109 - instructor <br>
-	~~Spring 2008 - subject~~ [[20.109(~~S08~~) \| ~~20.109~~]] ~~- instructor and lecturer<br>~~	+
-	~~Fall 2008 - subject~~ [[20.109(~~F08~~) \| ~~20.109~~]] ~~- instructor <br>~~	+
-	~~Spring 2009 - subject~~ [[20.109(~~S09~~) \| ~~20.109~~]] ~~- instructor and lecturer<br>~~	+
-	~~Fall 2009 - subject~~ [[20.109(~~F09~~) \| 20.109]] - instructor <br>	+
	Fall 2009 - Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems, subject 20.110 - recitation instructor<br>		Fall 2009 - Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems, subject 20.110 - recitation instructor<br>
-	Spring 2010 - subject [[20.109(S10) \| 20.109]] (OpenCourseWare version [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biological-engineering/20-109-laboratory-fundamentals-in-biological-engineering-spring-2010/ here]) - instructor and lecturer<br>
	Fall 2010 - baby-raising!<br>		Fall 2010 - baby-raising!<br>
-	Spring ~~2011 - subject~~ [[20.109(S11) \| 20.109]] - instructor and lecturer<br>	+	Spring [[20.109(S08) \| 2008]], [[20.109(S09) \| 2009]], [[20.109(S10) \| 2010]], [[20.109(S11) \| 2011]], [[20.109(S12) \| 2012]] - subject 20.109 - instructor and lecturer<br>

	===Other projects===		===Other projects===

	Summer 2008 — primary author of departmental guidelines for undergraduate education best practices<br>		Summer 2008 — primary author of departmental guidelines for undergraduate education best practices<br>
-	Summer 2009, 2010, 2011 — co-organizer of departmental [[MIT_BE_TA-Training-2011 \| TA training (2011 site)]]	+	Summer 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 — co-organizer of departmental [[MIT_BE_TA-Training-2011 \| TA training (2011 site)]]
		+	Summer 2012 &mdash author of [http://measure.mit.edu/~20.309/wiki/index.php?title=Electronics_Primer electronics primer] for subject 20.309, ''Biological Instrumentation and Measurement''

	==Research Interests==		==Research Interests==

AgiStachowiak: /* Contact Information */

AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:32:12 GMT

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	Technical Instructor<br>		Technical Instructor<br>
	Department of Biological Engineering<br>		Department of Biological Engineering<br>

AgiStachowiak: /* Contact Information */

AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:32:01 GMT

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	Technical Instructor<br>		Technical Instructor<br>
	Department of Biological Engineering<br>		Department of Biological Engineering<br>

AgiStachowiak: /* Contact Information */

AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:31:51 GMT

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	Department of Biological Engineering<br>		Department of Biological Engineering<br>

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AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:31:29 GMT

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AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:31:12 GMT

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AgiStachowiak: /* Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations */

AgiStachowiak — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:09:42 GMT

Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations

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	==Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations==		==Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations==

		+	Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-five-lessons \| year five]]<br>
	Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-four-lessons \| year four]]<br>		Lessons from [[ANS_109-TAT-year-four-lessons \| year four]]<br>
	Lessons from [[ANS_109-110-year-three-lessons \| year three]]<br>		Lessons from [[ANS_109-110-year-three-lessons \| year three]]<br>