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Swinging Bridge - December 5, 2007, Erin Schubert
Swinging Bridge - December 5, 2007, Erin Schubert
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Community Engagement As A Cornerstone Enabling Learning And Teaching And Research In The Post Modern World, Robbie Collins, Owen Curtis, Sue Curtis, Laurie Stevenson
Community Engagement As A Cornerstone Enabling Learning And Teaching And Research In The Post Modern World, Robbie Collins, Owen Curtis, Sue Curtis, Laurie Stevenson
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
This paper demonstrates how community engagement can provide a cornerstone enabling research and learning and teaching to meet the challenges of relativity and uncertainty in a post modern world. In the field of education, the question of relevance is a constant criticism. If relevance is to be achieved, research and learning and teaching need to be interwoven with community and community concerns, in ways that enhance the outcomes for all stakeholders. The paper examines an academic’s university community engagement practice from a reflexive and cross disciplinary perspective. It seeks to identify the characteristics and qualities that define successful university community …
Swinging Bridge - November 4, 2007, Erin Schubert
Swinging Bridge - November 4, 2007, Erin Schubert
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - October 24, 2007, Erin Schubert
Swinging Bridge - October 24, 2007, Erin Schubert
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - October 10, 2007, Erin Schubert
Swinging Bridge - October 10, 2007, Erin Schubert
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - September 19, 2007, Erin Schubert
Swinging Bridge - September 19, 2007, Erin Schubert
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - May 4, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Swinging Bridge - May 4, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Hao Bu Hao: A Survival Guide For Zhejiang University, Jenna N. D’Amico
Hao Bu Hao: A Survival Guide For Zhejiang University, Jenna N. D’Amico
Senior Honors Projects
In an ever-expanding global society, we must learn to embrace other cultures much different from our own. The University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program has opened several opportunities for students to work and live in an environment much different from that in Kingston, the most recent one being at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. The first group was sent to Hangzhou during the summer of 2006 for seven weeks to learn Mandarin and learn about the Far East. The fourteen of us lived in a dorm, studied Mandarin Chinese, visited cultural and historical sites, and took in all …
Swinging Bridge - April 20, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Swinging Bridge - April 20, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - March 30, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Swinging Bridge - March 30, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - March 2, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Swinging Bridge - March 2, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Swinging Bridge - February 16, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Swinging Bridge - February 16, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe
Student Newspapers & Magazines
No abstract provided.
Community Engagement As A Cornerstone Enabling Learning And Teaching And Research In The Post Modern World, Robbie Collins, O. Curtis, S. Curtis, Laurie Stevenson
Community Engagement As A Cornerstone Enabling Learning And Teaching And Research In The Post Modern World, Robbie Collins, O. Curtis, S. Curtis, Laurie Stevenson
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
This paper demonstrates how community engagement can provide a cornerstone enabling research and learning and teaching to meet the challenges of relativity and uncertainty in a post modern world. In the field of education, the question of relevance is a constant criticism. If relevance is to be achieved, research andlearning and teaching need to be interwoven with community and community concerns, in ways that enhancethe outcomes for all stakeholders. The paper examines an academic’s university community engagement practice from a reflexive and cross disciplinary perspective. It seeks to identify the characteristics and qualities that define successful university community engagement practice …