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Finding Moments Of Meaning In Undergraduate Education: How The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning Can Help, Jeffrey L. Bernstein

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

I argue for the value of high-impact educational practices as tools to minimize the commoditization of higher education. As a vehicle for doing so, I discuss a travel course to Washington, D.C. that I have led. This course is a significant and meaningful learning experience for the students who participate. In reflecting upon the value of this course, I suggest that scholars of teaching and learning have a particular responsibility to resist the increasing commoditization of higher education. Instead, we must think about embedding significant and transformative elements into the curriculum. Scholars of teaching and learning must help to demonstrate, …