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Class Syllabus for MUS 5150 Alexander Technique for Musicians at the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Social work educators have found a variety of experiential and creative methods to be valuable aids in teaching culturally sensitive social work practice. By utilizing experiential/creative methods as tools of self-reflection, faculty can... more
Abstract: Art is a valuable learning tool, regardless of discipline, that is often neglected in the college classroom. This article describes an artistic group exercise that required students enrolled in a homicide class to illustrate... more
Transformative pedagogy encourages students to critically examine their assumptions, grapple with social issues, and engage in social action. The author extends literature in this area by describing ways faculty members who teach online... more
This is a sample lesson plan created for a new and original class entitled Alternative Behavior Management Strategies for Highly Disruptive Classrooms which is a mock class I created for the graduate level course Curriculum Construction... more
This handout provides recommended readings and links to videos and other resources and is intended for those who are new to a Relational Cultural Theory perspective on teaching.
The role of emotions in learning and teaching has largely been neglected in educational literature, particularly in higher education. Yet there are signs of increased interest in emotions in recent literature. This paper argues that... more
Mentoring plays a crucial role in the academic, professional, and personal development of graduate students, both in the context of scholarly research and teaching. In this chapter, we discuss the role of mentoring in supporting the... more
Throughout the years teachers have tried many different teaching techniques when it comes to poetry; however, not all of these techniques work. I have found using spoken word poetry in the form of online videos excites students. With... more
Historically, universities have adopted a "sink or swim" approach with their hiring of art and design faculty. After years of professional experience, these new faculty enter classrooms without pedagogical training and are expected to... more
Page 1. 50 COLLEGE TEACHING he ownership of personal computers dramatically increased in the United States over the past ten years, from 22.8 percent of the population in 1993 to 51 percent in 2000 (US Census Bureau 2001). ...
The author argues that first-generation college students (FGS) have compounded challenges when they pursue graduate education. As a first-generation college student, he was not able to gather advice from family or his job supervisor, who... more
陳鏗任(2009b)。打開潘朵拉的盒子:密西根大學教學研究中心互動劇場計畫。國立臺灣師範大學教學發展中心電子報,17,取自 http://140.122.48.234/epaper_data/epaper17/epaper17.html
Students frequently experience difficulty in identifying the appropriate time value of money (TVM) technique to apply to a TVM problem. This paper offers a modification of a recently published TVM technique developed by in order to help... more
Something done for a World Congress on teaching philosophy some years ago. Got a few plaudits. Short, in any case...
This paper explores the treatment of science fiction in college classrooms past, present, and future.
The present study examines anxiety in English undergraduate classes with regard to the type of situations that provoke anxiety during different stages of the learning process and the relationship of anxiety with learners' achievement.... more
Cette thèse doctorale par articles témoigne des possibles des langues autochtones dans les pédagogies de la réconciliation dans l’enseignement supérieur. L’auteure, francophone et non autochtone, y propose une étude a/r/tographique des... more
The author explored 24 commonly used instructional strategies in student leadership development programming recently profiled in the leadership education literature. Through a national web-based survey, this study asked leadership... more
Teachers have used many different techniques in efforts to augment engagement given the strong engagement-learning link. Teacher-student contact is one of the most effective tools for fostering engagement; however, some teachers find it... more
Much attention has focused on learning styles and their impact on the teaching and learning process; however, little has been done to systematically incorporate learning style theory into actual teaching, nor to systematically examine its... more
The Teaching for Understanding (epc) model represents a teaching-learning approach based on competencies and performance, associated with constructivist theories, and developed in the nineties at Harvard University. Although currently... more
The Project for Active Teaching of History (PATH) is designed as a history education community collaborative to enhance the teaching and learning of American history. This paper will provide research findings, critical analysis, and... more
Various pedagogical strategies promote the development of communication skills that enable graduates to leave their mark and make positive changes in society. This article focuses on instructional lessons learned from undergraduate... more
Evaluations of teaching effectiveness have taken many forms over the years, but none have been as persistent or commonplace as student ratings of instruction (SRI). SRIs have become a fundamental component of evaluating faculty... more
We used 2 debates over the course of a semester to encourage upper level psychology students to engage in discussion about controversial issues. The debates considered issues in Affirmative Action and sexual diversity. Students... more
To cite this article: Erin N. Winkler (2017): "Racism as a threshold concept: examining learning in a 'diversity requirement' course," Race Ethnicity and Education. To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2017.1294564
A good teacher, in my opinion, is by turns playwright, actor, director, and audience-continually shifting roles in response to a continuously shifting class dynamic.
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that faculty in all colleges and universities make reasonable accommodations in their courses for students with disabilities. But who defines "reasonable" and what do these accommodations have... more
This article explores the use of contemporary film in human service education. A theoretical rationale for the use of films is presented and principles for bridging the world of the classroom and the realities of practice are discussed.... more
Researchers have pointed out that students learn effectively in a harmonic environment and by using teaching aids which match the students' learning style preferences (Li et al., 2008). The learning styles literature is having a... more
Various pedagogical strategies promote the development of communication skills that enable graduates to leave their mark and make positive changes in society. This article focuses on instructional lessons learned from undergraduate... more
Traces the origin and development of public libraries in the Early National Period. The evolution and growth of the public library movement. Using the Lexington, KY public library as an example, this article was the first ever published... more
Organizational commitment is perceived as an attitude of association to the organization by an employee, which leads to particular job-related behaviors such as work absenteeism, job satisfaction and turnover intensions. Turnover is the... more
Tablet PCs have the potential to change the dynamics of classroom interaction through wireless communication coupled with pen-based computing technology that is suited for analyzing and solving engineering problems. This study focuses on... more
Despite the popular belief that fun has a positive impact in learning contexts, empirical research on fun in the classroom has been limited. To extend research in this area, the goal of this study was to develop and validate a new scale... more
Various pedagogical strategies promote the development of communication skills that enable graduates to leave their mark and make positive changes in society. This article focuses on instructional lessons learned from undergraduate... more
The Ministry of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman initiated recently a restructuring program for the General Directorate Colleges of Education aiming to replace the existing six colleges with more applied and highly IT assisted... more
The values of diversity and inclusion have been widely accepted within the field of higher education. While these values exist in the classroom, there has been little exploration of the experience and capacity for engagement in diversity... more
The values of diversity and inclusion have been widely accepted within the field of higher education. While these values exist in the classroom, there has been little exploration of the experience and capacity for engagement in diversity... more