PRESTON D. FEDEN
June, 2001 - May, 2002
University Committee Work:
Member: Provost's Distinguished Faculty Award Selection Committee
Member: Judiciary Board
Member: Core Curriculum Advisory Board
Member: Dean of Arts and Sciences Search Committee
Member: Assistant Provost for Learning Support and Faculty Development Search Committee
Other La Salle Service:
Member: Department of Education Candidacy Committee
Department Representative: Discover the Difference Program
Awards:
Provost's Distinguished Faculty Award, La Salle University (Convocation, 8/23/01)
Professional Activities:
Attended: Pennsylvania Department of Education Visiting
Team Member training session, Immaculata
College, July 30, 2001.
Attended: Pennsylvania ASCD Convention, Hershey, PA (11/01)
Attended: Pennsylvania Educational Technology Conference, Hershey, PA (2/02)
Honors Research Director: Margaret Kane (A Study of Best Practices and Human Communication in High and Low Track High School Classrooms) and Melissa Mazur (Problem-Based Learning in an Urban Middle School), Spring, 2002.
Publications:
Feden, P.D., and Vogel, R.M. (2003). Methods of Teaching: Applying Cognitive Science to Promote Student Learning. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.
Boagni, A., Girone, K., and Feden, P.D. (2003). Instructor's Manual to accompany Feden, P.D., and Vogel, R.M. (2003). Methods of Teaching: Applying Cognitive Science to Promote Student Learning. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.
Presentations:
National
Speaker: Pi Lambda Theta Leadership Conference, Minneapolis, MN. July 26-28, 2001. Title: First, Do No Harm
Local
Guest on Insight with Jon Caroulis; Interview for Channel 56 on Special Education Law and Practices (2/29/02).
Speaker: Coaches as Teachers. Presentation to La Salle coaches and athletic staff. (4/4/02)
Workshop Leader: One Size Does Not Fit All: Differentiated Instruction in Our Classrooms. Widener
Memorial School faculty and staff. (5/6/02)
Consultancies:
Hillel Community Day School, North Miami Beach, FL. (8/19 - 8-22, 2001)
Hillel Community Day School, North Miami Beach, FL. (1/5 - 1/8, 2002)
Professional Memberships:
Pi Lamda Theta; Council for Exceptional Children (CEC);
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD); International
Alliance of Teacher Scholars (IATS); American Association of University
Professors (AAUP)