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Instructional Strategies, Michael Giangreco, Lia Cravedi Jan 2007

Instructional Strategies, Michael Giangreco, Lia Cravedi

College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications

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Role Of Reflection In Facilitating Teachers For Gender Sensitive Political Literacy Instruction, Sadaf Furqan Jan 2007

Role Of Reflection In Facilitating Teachers For Gender Sensitive Political Literacy Instruction, Sadaf Furqan

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

This paper is written around the study that was initiated to analyze the challenges that students especially girls face in being developed as leaders in the political sphere. It was carried out to understand how a teacher educator could facilitate gender sensitive political literacy instruction in schools through action research. Reflection is embedded at every stage in Action Research. Reflection helps teachers in shifting the focus from what they teach to what students learn. The research process involved exploring, understanding and reflecting on teachers’ current perceptions and practices of gender sensitive political literacy instruction. Later, teachers were facilitated to teach …


Supporting First Year Student Supporters: An Online Mentoring Model For Supplemental Instruction Leaders, Phillip Dawson, Lori Lockyer, Brian Ferry Jan 2007

Supporting First Year Student Supporters: An Online Mentoring Model For Supplemental Instruction Leaders, Phillip Dawson, Lori Lockyer, Brian Ferry

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

Supplemental Instruction (SI), or Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) as it is commonly known in Australia, involves experienced senior student Peer Leaders who provide regularly scheduled peer learning sessions with students enrolled in university courses. Commonly implemented on first year subjects, the sessions integrate how to learn with what to learn, helping students achieve better grades and helping raise student retention rates. This paper discusses the challenges of supporting SI Leaders who are geographically dispersed across multiple campuses and considers the theoretical and empirical informs the development of an online mentoring model.


Msmc Course Catalog: 2007-2008 Supplement, Msmc Staff, Msmc Registrar Jan 2007

Msmc Course Catalog: 2007-2008 Supplement, Msmc Staff, Msmc Registrar

Course Catalogs

Mount Saint Mary's College course catalogs are annual or biannual publications with supplements. MSMC course catalogs describe full or limited academic programs, student services, procedures, and requirements. Included in full catalogs are descriptions of degrees and academic programs, facilities, and student life.