All NewsCampus News & EventsStudents, Faculty Participate in Metacognition Workshops Jan. 29-30 Olivia DrakeJanuary 9, 20153minThe Center for Faculty Career Development offered four different teaching and learning workshops and a luncheon focusing on metacognition to Wesleyan faculty, students and staff on Jan. 29 and 30. The workshops were led by Saundra McGuire, Ph.D, a widely acclaimed speaker who regularly runs workshops to train faculty and students in the techniques she has developed for learning, based on educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom’s taxonomy of learning and metacognition. McGuire’s visit and workshops were co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Career Development, the Department of Chemistry, and The Academic Deans. Additional funding comes from the Academic Career Network (Wesleyan, Bard College, Dartmouth College, Hamilton College, Colby College, Connecticut College, Trinity College, Middlebury College, Skidmore College, Union College, Amherst College, Vassar College, Williams College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts and Mount Holyoke College). center for faculty career developmentfaculty Related Articles All NewsScience & Technology October 16, 2024 Editorial Staff Renamed College of Science and Technology Studies Aligns with Growth in the Field All NewsArts & Humanities October 16, 2024 Jeff Harder Center for the Study of Guns and Society to Host Annual Fall Conference All NewsCommunity Impact October 15, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Breaking Down ‘Barriers to the Ballot’