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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We welcome you to join us at the School of Education’s first session this fall of the
<i>Voices from the Field </i>Speaker Series! This is an excellent professional development opportunity for faculty and would touch upon topics and practices that would be applicable to all educators. Please feel free to pass this opportunity along to others
who might be interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our guest speaker, <b>Dr. Anne Horak</b>, will be giving a talk titled "<b>You had me at PBL: The Jerry Maguire Effect and Student Achievement.</b>”<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u>Date</u>: <b>Thursday, September 17, 2015<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u>Time</u>: <b>3:30-4:30 pm</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u>Location</u>: <b>Village Drive Room 101</b>, 4401 Village Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><i>The phenomenon, called “The Jerry Maguire effect” is based on a study that found that we really do begin to form an impression of a person’s personality from the first word we hear them utter. What are the
first impressions about instruction students are getting? What implications does this have for student achievement? What if the first words a teacher uttered about content were, 'what’s going on here'? Would students be engaged? Would they achieve? Problem-Based
Learning, begins with an ill-structured problem to capitalize on students’ curiosity from the very first moments of instruction to maximize their content acquisition and engagement. Hear how PBL can be used to produce increased achievement and satisfaction
with the learning environment.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our guest speaker, <b>Dr. Anne Horak</b>, is an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more about participating in <i>Voices from the Field</i>, please contact Kevin Martin (Associate Dean, School of Education) at
<a href="mailto:kevin@viu.edu">kevin@viu.edu</a>, follow us on social media @SEDatVIU and @TESOLVIU, and visit the School of Education’s website at
<a href="http://www.viu.edu/sed">www.viu.edu/sed</a>! Many of our previous sessions are recorded and made available through our website
<a href="http://viu.edu/sed/prospective-students-3/voices-from-the-field.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you at our first VFF event this academic year!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Kevin J. Martin</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Associate Dean, School of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Conference on Language, Learning, and Culture Organizer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Kappa Delta Pi Liaison</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Virginia International University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.viu.edu/"><span style="color:#1F497D">www.viu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">4401 Village Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fairfax, VA 22030<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Tel: (703) 865-8736<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Fax: (703) 591-7046<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:kevin@viu.edu"><span style="color:blue">kevin@viu.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/SEDatVIU"><span style="color:blue">@SEDatVIU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://twitter.com/TESOLVIU"><span style="color:blue">@TESOLVIU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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