Decoding the Disciplines, developed by Joan Middendorf and David Pace of Indiana University, is a robust framework that helps instructors teach complex information to their students. In this Schreyer Institute short course for graduate students and postdocs, participants will work through the preliminary steps in the framework:
   
    --Identifying a concept/skill where many of their students struggle
    --Describing all of the unconscious or automatic steps they take as an expert when dealing with that concept/skill
    --Planning ways to model their expert knowledge for students and to create opportunities for students to practice the target concept/skill
   
   As participants in the cohort undertake this challenging and rewarding work, they will have guidance and support from Schreyer Institute facilitators Chas Brua and Jose Sandoval-Llanos. The program will involve three required group meetings on Zoom (12:30-2:00 p.m. on February 4, 11, and 25). Additionally, each participant is required to have one individual planning conversation with the facilitators during the week of February 16-20. Participants who participate in all three group meetings, have an individual conversation about their Decoding ideas, and write a Decoding action plan will receive a course completion certificate. All Schreyer Institute programs are free.
   
   To apply: https://tinyurl.com/Decode2026
   Applicants will be informed of their application status by January 26.

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