Adventures in Ideas
Chapel Hill, NC (http://adventuresinideas.unc.edu/ )
Professional development offerings
Adventures in Ideas offers a variety of seminars. Adventures In Ideas Weekend Seminars, co-sponsored by the General Alumni Association, explore trenchant cultural, moral and social topics that are content-based from the perspective of the humanities. Almost always, the ideas of different disciplines are brought to bear on the topic at hand, illuminating it from different angles; and with the varied backgrounds participants bring to the seminars, new insights are all but guaranteed.
- Classes typically vary in the number of persons per session.
- Content may be aligned with North Carolina standards for professional development and is tailored to the needs of the individual student. Offerings are based on theory, classroom strategies and subject matter content.
- Sessions offered are a combination of seminar, lecture and processing activities with time to process the learning with other participants.
- Follow-up activities include an optional evaluation of the professional development session.
- Materials are included in the cost of the workshops.
