Professional Activities of

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)