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Interview With Bettina Love: Creating Spaces That Matter, Meca Williams-Johnson

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, & Reading Faculty Publications

This is an interview with Dr. Bettina Love on her work with the Kindezi Schools, a small, high-performing charter group in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Love’s thought provoking responses provide insight into the dynamics that make Kindezi Schools successful at reaching their students. Additionally, she shares concerns about the dilemma of Opportunity School Districts (OSD) and the schism OSD’s create in minority communities. Lastly, she shares how Kindezi became an opportunity school for Atlanta youth. This interview will be beneficial for parents, principals, teachers, and stakeholders who are interested in understanding how and why creating spaces to nurture student learning matters.

Review Of Quantitative And Qualitative Methodologies, Richard E. Cleveland

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development Faculty Presentations

This presentation was given during the Georgia Southern University SoTL Academy.

Irb Processes And Guidelines, Richard E. Cleveland

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development Faculty Presentations

This session is for Students who have completed some coursework in their EdS or EdD program and want to get oriented to the research process and/or students who are about ready to start their action research projects (EdS) or dissertations (EdD).

Dr. Richard E. Cleveland will present an introduction and overview of IRB processes and guidelines. The session will facilitate both small- and whole-group interaction. Students are encouraged to bring current IRB materials (at whatever stage of completion) for peer collaboration.

From Reflection To Employment: Using Digital Portfolios In School Counselor Education, Richard E. Cleveland, Catherine Hammond

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development Faculty Presentations

Many counselor education programs utilize digital portfolios for students to archive assignments. Such portfolios can also be used when students exit the program interviewing for employment. This presentation highlights how one counselor education program implemented digital portfolios as a means for fostering student reflection, and subsequently evolved the portfolios towards satisfying both comprehensive exam and student employment goals.

Student Athletes’ Perception Of Sexual Harassment, Lynn Hunt Long, Regina Rahimi, Delores D. Liston

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, & Reading Faculty Publications

Purpose: This qualitative study examined the perceptions of student athletes regarding sexual harassment and other forms of gendered harassment (homophobic bullying) as well as knowledge of and/or experiences with harassment in high school and university settings, primarily in athletic school culture.

Methodology: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-seven former high school athletes/active university athletes. The data were analyzed regarding theme and their relationship to the reviewed literature.

Findings: Findings indicate that the athletic culture poses particular issues pertaining to the vulnerabilities and persistence of sexual bullying and harassment.

Discussion: Educators, coaches, and administrators must understand harassment, work to establish and …

Career Ready Or Rushed? Developing Career Exploration In Cscps, Catherine Hammond, Richard E. Cleveland

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development Faculty Presentations

While national focus on college/career-readiness has placed welcome attention on school counseling, overzealous emphases to pick a specific college and/or career can leave students feeling rushed. Broad school-wide or grade-level programs aimed at college/career preparation may trump individual career development. This session presents how to infuse career exploration into the current educational landscape (i.e., RTI, Common Core, etc.) via the multiple components of a Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program (CGCP): Foundation, Management, Delivery, and Accountability.

How To Parlay Your Phone Interview To An On Campus Interview, Pamela Wells, Richard E. Cleveland

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development Faculty Presentations

This presentation was given during the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Annual Conference.

Quantitative Reasoning In Environmental Science: Rasch Measurement To Support Qr Assessment, Robert L. Mayes Dr., Kent Allan Rittschof, Jennifer H. Forrester, Jennifer D. Schuttlefield Christus, Lisa C. Watson, Franziska Peterson

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, & Reading Faculty Publications

Original work is hosted at USF Libraries Scholar Commons publisher of Numeracy, the electronic journal of the National Numeracy Network (NNN).

Abstract : The ability of middle and high school students to reason quantitatively within the context of environmental science was investigated. A quantitative reasoning (QR) learning progression, with associated QR assessments in the content areas of biodiversity, water, and carbon, was developed based on three QR progress variables: quantification act, quantitative interpretation, and quantitative modeling. Diagnostic instruments were developed specifically for the progress variable quantitative interpretation (QI), each consisting of 96 Likert-scale items. Each content version of …

Global Perspectives: Exploring School-Based Brazilian Librarianship Through Institutional Ethnography, M. Johnston, Lucy Santos Green

Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development Faculty Presentations

No abstract provided.

Silver Level Certificate Of Achievement, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Form for the Silver level Certificate of Achievement.

Week Three: Student Motivation, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is an overview of Student Motivation: Overcoming Obstacles to Learning.

Creating An Inclusive Classroom, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Form on how to create an inclusive classroom.

Teaching-Learning Beliefs Inventory, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Please recreate the unique ID# you used for the first inventory by following the instructions below. I plan to link this one with the pre-inventory. To recreate your ID, use the following procedure.

Week One: Syllabus Activity, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Directions for syllabus activity.

Reading Guide For “Discrepant Teaching Events” Article, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Supplemental questions for Discrepant Teaching Events.

Reading Guide For “Teaching & Human Memory, Part 1” Article, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Supplemental questions for Teaching & Human Memory, Part 1.

Teaching Academy 2015: Syllabus Review, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following questions answer everything you need to know to succeed during the Teaching Academy.

Week One Evaluation, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Help me make the Academy a good learning experience for you by rating today’s session. Please write a BRIEF response to the following statements.

Week One: Certificate Requirements, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The Centers for Teaching and Technology’s Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education is designed to foster experiential, investigative, and reflective approaches to teaching and student learning. It calls for a commitment to learning-centered teaching. All requirements are to be completed within two years of the start date

Week One: Learning Journal, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Active participation and reflection are critical to learning, and are basic “essentials” in this class.

Week One Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

After "speedy" introductions and a review of rules and objectives, we will create a working definition of learning-centered teaching. We will also learn how to actively engage students (a) in reviewing a course syllabus and (b) in course readings. If time permits, we will discuss a case study on problems instructors sometimes encounter when trying new teaching strategies. Information on the certificate in higher education program well also shared.

Welcome Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The purpose of the Teaching Academy is to help you understand how learning works so you can develop the competencies needed to create active, learning-centered courses. By the end of the Academy you will have (a) created a list of common misconception in your content area, (b) constructed and used a CAT (classroom assessment technique) to measure student learning, (c) created a lesson plan that addresses a disciplinary or course related misconception, and (d) written test or quiz questions.

Teaching Academy 2015: Tuesday Syllabus, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The purpose of the Teaching Academy is to help you understand how learning works so you can develop the competencies needed to create active, learning-centered courses. By the end of the Academy you will have (a) created a list of common misconception in your content area, (b) constructed and used a CAT (classroom assessment technique) to measure student learning, (c) created a lesson plan that addresses a disciplinary or course related misconception, and (d) written test or quiz questions.

Week Two Introduction, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

After discussing how preconceptions and misconceptions interfere with students' learning, we will learn steps for planning a lesson. We will also discuss ways to uncover students' ideas using classroom assessment techniques, or CATs, and create concepts maps of Chapter 2.

Gold Level Certificate Of Achievement, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Form for the Gold level Certificate of Achievement.

Week One: Introduction To Learning-Centered Teaching, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is an introduction and overview of Learning-Centered Teaching.

Teaching Academy 2015: Wednesday Syllabus, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The purpose of the Teaching Academy is to help you understand how learning works so you can develop the competencies needed to create active, learning-centered courses. By the end of the Academy you will have (a) created a list of common misconception in your content area, (b) constructed and used a CAT (classroom assessment technique) to measure student learning, (c) created a lesson plan that addresses a disciplinary or course related misconception, and (d) written test or quiz questions.

“Curse Of Knowledge” Reading Guide, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is a reading guide for the "Curse of Knowledge."

Evaluation Of Weeks 1-3, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

Rate the first three weeks of the Academy by writing a BRIEF response to the following statements.

Excerpt From The “Curse Of Knowledge”, Judith Longfield

Teaching Academy

The following is an excerpt from the "Curse of Knowledge" or why intuition about teaching often fails by Carl Wieman.