Great Books Foundation
July 13 - 16, 2008
Arriving Sunday July 13; departing Wednesday July 16 or Thursday July 17

The Great Books Foundation will return to St. John's College to conduct a three-day professional development institute for approximately 30 middle and high school teachers from across the country. In this workshop, teachers will learn how to use Shared Inquiry, a method developed by the Foundation for conducting classroom discussions of literature. GBF and St. John's College have a relationship dating back to 2001 and St. John's is very excited about the continuation of this relationship. For more information about the Great Books Foundation, please click here.

Information for Great Books Foundation Participants
Registration will take place in the lobby on the first floor of Peterson Student Center (PSC), #1 on the campus map, and the first session in the Fireside Lounge, which is on the second floor of PSC. Regular meetings will take place in two classrooms in the Chamisa Building (#38), which is uphill from the center of campus, about a four minute walk. The Dining Hall, Coffee Shop, Bookstore and Switchboard are all located on the first floor of Peterson Student Center.

Great Books Foundation participants will be housed in the lower and upper dorm areas. The lower dorm, Polyhymnia (#29), consists primarily of single dorm rooms, with two semi-private double rooms. The lower dorm area is just downhill from Peterson Student Center, about a two minute walk. In the upper dorm area, uphill from Peterson and about a three or four minute walk, GBF participants may stay in Kirby (#17). Kirby has both single rooms, one-room doubles, and one semi-private double room. All housing includes daily breakfast and lunch in the Dining Hall.
Also check Accommodations.

Please refer questions specific to the conference to your Great Books Foundation contact person. For more information about attending a conference at St. John's College, please click here.