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Engaging The Gen. Y Student: Curriculum, Innovation And Challenges, Mary O'Rawe
Engaging The Gen. Y Student: Curriculum, Innovation And Challenges, Mary O'Rawe
Conference papers
Curriculum and pedagogy have been central to many contemporary debates on fostering student success. These themes are evident in discussions from policy level to the staffroom in many countries, and are particularly relevant in the mass higher education sector in the Republic of Ireland. However, a narrow treatment of the term curriculum can prevent the development of new understandings and effective learning. Central principles have emerged in debates around curriculum and innovation, with ‘student engagement’ evolving as a focal point in the search for a solution to tackle what are perceived to be problems of student disengagement particularly associated with …
Creating Core Memories In The Classroom, Lori Desautels
Creating Core Memories In The Classroom, Lori Desautels
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
We all create core memories. When we encounter an experience with heightened emotion, our memory systems remember the experiences because of the intense emotions associated with the event. We know that memories can become diluted or distorted with time and distance. When we remember an event from our past, our brains secrete the same chemicals from the same neurotransmitters called forth when the experience happened, creating the same feelings.
Dissertation Presentation: Teacher Efficacy And Culturally Responsive Teaching Techniques, Dr. Roberta Callaway
Dissertation Presentation: Teacher Efficacy And Culturally Responsive Teaching Techniques, Dr. Roberta Callaway
Center for Innovative Leadership Development Summer Seminar Presentations
Teachers who believe in their ability to create meaningful learning experiences exert a powerful influence over the achievement of the students they come in contact with. Educators are currently being confronted with increasing numbers of minority students in their classrooms; in order to engage these students, issues of diversity need to be a central part of instruction. Using Villegas and Lucas's (2002) six qualities that define a culturally responsive teacher and Ball's (2009) process for preparing teachers to be effective in cul-turally diverse classrooms. We'll examine theories and best practices, which can be used to create a safe classroom space …
Herding Cats: Student Engagement And Classroom Management, Angela Hines
Herding Cats: Student Engagement And Classroom Management, Angela Hines
Center for Innovative Leadership Development Summer Seminar Presentations
How many times have you wondered how to better organize your classroom to optimize management and lesson engagement? This presentation will leave you with ideas to help turn students' brains on to learning and increased engagement in the classroom while minimizing classroom management issues.
Engaging Students Through Global Issues: 2nd Edition, Activity-Based Lessons And Action Projects, Facing The Future, Western Washington University
Engaging Students Through Global Issues: 2nd Edition, Activity-Based Lessons And Action Projects, Facing The Future, Western Washington University
Facing the Future Publications
The activities in the second edition of Engaging Students Through Global Issues are organized around eight sustainability big ideas (Nolet, 2016). High-quality education about sustainability helps learners investigate the meaning and implications of these ideas and incorporate these ideas into their own thinking, problem solving, and decision-making. When learners dig deeper into the meaning and implications of a sustainability big idea, they are better able to acquire new knowledge and skills and apply that knowledge and those skills in new situations. The eight sustainability big ideas that frame the activities in ESTGI are: Connecting with Nature, Equity and Justice, Health …