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Online Learning And Changing Lesson Plans, Devin R. Capece Jan 2022

Online Learning And Changing Lesson Plans, Devin R. Capece

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of students around the United States and the world into an environment of isolation, which included their education. Trying to continue with schooling became a significant challenge for many teachers. As an effort to cope with this new situation, teachers worked to adapt their lesson plans and teaching styles to an online format. Throughout the pandemic, they were met with varying degrees of success, each having their own experiences developing online lesson plans. Many were able to develop new strategies centering on new innovations and existing technologies to maintain their students' engagement in their studies.


How The Pandemic Affects Museums And Heritage, Grace J. Bowling Jan 2022

How The Pandemic Affects Museums And Heritage, Grace J. Bowling

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

Heritage is a dynamic concept up to interpretation by individuals and communities. It is shaped by the culture we engage with. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, museums shifted to a much more virtual format and in-person attendance dropped. Virtual engagement with a museum bypasses any spatial and temporal restraints from physically going to a museum. This can both increase accessibility in heritage and remove vital context and importance from the object. The changes in how we engage with museums resulting from the pandemic fundamentally affect the way we engage with and interpret heritage.


Barriers In Stem During The Pandemic, Vanessa Lucia Sida Jan 2022

Barriers In Stem During The Pandemic, Vanessa Lucia Sida

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected students everywhere. This can be seen especially in regard to middle school, where kids are first learning about math, science, and technology. This has many people worried about the future of STEM since the pandemic has exposed many of the barriers that are present in students' lives. Mrs. Sharita Ware, Indiana's 2022 Teacher of the Year, explores the different social and economic barriers among her middle school students and what her hope for them is in the future along with the negative consequences she has noticed following the pandemic. She explores the different challenges she …


Covid-19: The Financial Implications On Museums, Grace Beehler Jan 2022

Covid-19: The Financial Implications On Museums, Grace Beehler

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

My article discusses the financial implications of the pandemic on museums and how they have had to change based on revenue losses. I discuss the impact on museums through statistical evidence, lower-cost alternatives museums have had to implement, and how museums will be impacted financially moving forward.


A Note From The Co-Editors, Jada C. Johnson Dec 2021

A Note From The Co-Editors, Jada C. Johnson

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An introduction to the second issue of the third volume of Ideas Magazine, concerning the research and work of M. Adam Howard.


Epistemic Bubbles In Affluent Schools, Virginia M. Pieczynski Dec 2021

Epistemic Bubbles In Affluent Schools, Virginia M. Pieczynski

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

This essay explores the teachings of Dr. Adam Howard, an educator and researcher focused on the relationship between privilege and identity in educational systems, through the lens of the epistemic bubble. It reviews what epistemic bubbles are, how they are formed, and how and why we should combat them, drawing from Dr. Howard’s experiences with similar structures in affluent schooling.


The Meritocracy Trap, Adam G. Ma Dec 2021

The Meritocracy Trap, Adam G. Ma

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

The idea of merit has always been a core value to most if not all cultures in the world. It's use and its value has changed over time and many believe it has created a culture that works to break down others through competition, rather than to build each other up. While the simple idea of earning your status and your property though your work and talent may seem like to most practical system, it can lead to some dangerous traps.


Epistemic Bubbles In Affluent Schools, Virginia M. Pieczynski Nov 2021

Epistemic Bubbles In Affluent Schools, Virginia M. Pieczynski

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

This essay explores the teachings of Dr. Adam Howard, an educator and researcher focused on the relationship between privilege and identity in educational systems, through the lens of the epistemic bubble. It reviews what epistemic bubbles are, how they are formed, and how and why we should combat them, drawing from Dr. Howard’s experiences with similar structures in affluent schooling.


A Note From The Editor, Kristina Bross Dec 2020

A Note From The Editor, Kristina Bross

Ideas: Exhibit Catalog for the Honors College Visiting Scholars Series

This letter introduces issue five of volume one, Ideas magazine, featuring the work of Dr. Lindsay Bottoms, fencer and sports physiologist.