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Social Perspective Taking: Advancing Empathy And Advocating Justice, Francisco Rios, Allen Trent, Lillian Vega Castañeda
Social Perspective Taking: Advancing Empathy And Advocating Justice, Francisco Rios, Allen Trent, Lillian Vega Castañeda
Woodring Scholarship on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In this article, the authors attempt to employ a pedagogical tool, social perspective-taking, as a way to engage their students in the act of critical self-reflection, from a personal and professional point of view. The use of perspective taking devices, especially around issues of diversity (e.g., race, class, gender, ethnicity, and language) is useful in their work as teacher educators who care about social justice. It allows them to engage their students in activity that draws upon their insider knowledge (e.g., what it is to be a member of a given group, whether it is privileged or disadvantaged) and lived …
Western Washington University Library Survey Series, Fall 1996-97: Returning And Entering Students, Carl Simpson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney
Western Washington University Library Survey Series, Fall 1996-97: Returning And Entering Students, Carl Simpson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Section One: Returning Students INTRODUCTION At the request of the new University Librarian, Western's Office of Survey Research (OSR) and Office of Institutional Assessment and Testing (OIART) worked with the library's faculty and staff to conduct a series of surveys focusing on library resources and services. Drafts of this report were reviewed by library personnel and their comments and insights were extremely valuable. These surveys were intended to provide a base of information to help guide an in-depth assessment and planning effort aimed at improving Western's library. Indeed, "Western Washington University Libraries: Organizational Directions and Major Strategies: 1998- 2003" was …
First Year Experience Technical Report, Carl Simpson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark
First Year Experience Technical Report, Carl Simpson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Executive Summary: This report was prepared as background to ongoing discussions concerning the first year experience, in particular the study group by that name headed by Dean Marie Eaton. Data come from surveys of a cohort of new freshmen and new transfers, who entered Western in Fall, 1994. They were surveyed that Fall and in the Spring of that same academic year. Only about one-third of new students, many of whom failed to attend Summer advising sessions, find the transition to Western "very" or "moderately" difficult. The great majority expected Western to be more difficult than their previous schools. Most …
The Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Student Experiences And Perceptions, Carl Simpson, Kelly Buck
The Western Washington University Student Survey Series: Student Experiences And Perceptions, Carl Simpson, Kelly Buck
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Preface to the WWU Student Survey Reports, Volumes One to Five The Surveys During Summer, 1986, Western's Vice President for Academic Affairs requested that the Office of Survey Research, located in the Sociology Department conduct three inter-related surveys: A five year follow-up of 632 1982 Western graduates. A five year follow-up of 364 Individuals who attended Western but left In 1982 without graduating and remained out of Western for at least one year. A survey of 1280 seniors enrolled during Spring, 1987, who had completed at least 155 credits. A discussion of samples and research methods is included in Volume …