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Full-Text Articles in Education
Instructor And Librarian Collaboration On A Course Without A Textbook, Stacey Knight-Davis, Lauri Deruiter-Willems
Instructor And Librarian Collaboration On A Course Without A Textbook, Stacey Knight-Davis, Lauri Deruiter-Willems
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
We describe collaboration between a health promotion professor and librarian to design a course in the learning management system D2L that does not use a textbook. Instead of a textbook, materials from professional and governmental organizations, supplemented with library materials are used. This approach encourages critical thinking to integrate information from multiple sources. Students also become familiar with information sources they will use after graduation
It Takes A Community: Introducing The Bepress Advisory Board, Todd Bruns, Amy Badertscher, Sheila Yeh
It Takes A Community: Introducing The Bepress Advisory Board, Todd Bruns, Amy Badertscher, Sheila Yeh
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
This powerpoint features the slides of the bepress webinar "It Takes a Community: Introducing the bepress Advisory Board", given on February 22, 2018.
Driving Campus Connections With The Digital Commons Dashboard, Todd Bruns
Driving Campus Connections With The Digital Commons Dashboard, Todd Bruns
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
This presentation focuses on the scalability of the Digital Commons Dashboard tool and how it can be shared with liaison librarians to connect with their academic departments.
Blank Pages: The Representation Of Women In High School American History Classes, Brittany Borowski
Blank Pages: The Representation Of Women In High School American History Classes, Brittany Borowski
Undergraduate Honors Theses
In this project I analyze the representation of women in high school American history curriculum. with a specials focus on Illinois in particular where this research was completed. While the study of history has evolved greatly, especially in an educational climate that has recently been questioning the best practices to have students successfully engage with the practice and study of history, a gaping whole remains: the representation of women. Women have become a more fundamental part of history at collegiate levels with gender and social history increasing in importance but our high school students are missing out on a history …
5th-12th Grade Concert Percussion Curriculum: A Detailed Guide To Techniques And Resources For Non-Percussionist Music Educators, Rodney Rote Jr.
5th-12th Grade Concert Percussion Curriculum: A Detailed Guide To Techniques And Resources For Non-Percussionist Music Educators, Rodney Rote Jr.
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
The Pedagogy Of Intertextuality, Genre, And Adaptation: Young Adult Literary Adaptations In The Classroom, Brooke L. Poeschl
The Pedagogy Of Intertextuality, Genre, And Adaptation: Young Adult Literary Adaptations In The Classroom, Brooke L. Poeschl
Undergraduate Honors Theses
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Using Dystopian Texts To Promote Social Responsibility In The Composition Classroom, Melissa Ames
Using Dystopian Texts To Promote Social Responsibility In The Composition Classroom, Melissa Ames
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
Since the Colonial period, educational institutions in the United Stateshave been tasked with developing character as well as academic skill. Whilein earlier epochs such character education would have been explicitly tied tomorality as defined within Christian contexts, today's character educationtakes on a more secular form, focusing on developing skills related to socialresponsibility. By definition, social responsibility is "a personal investmentin the well-being of people and the planet" (Berman 15). Despite the fact thatmany feel that public schools and universities are ideal sites for this type oftraining, research has found that instructors are often reluctant to discusscontroversial issues within their classrooms …