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Everyone A Learner, Everyone A Teacher: Report From The Transition To University Task Force, Rita Kean

Papers, Publications, & Presentations for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration

I. Transition to University Task Force: Purpose and Mission

The Transition to University Task Force was appointed in May 2003 by Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard Edwards to review and assess the effectiveness of first-year undergraduate orientation programs and courses. This review was to result in a proposed framework or plan for coordinating and supporting these separate programs.

As a foundation for its deliberations the Task Force was instructed to review several recent reports that address the present and future state of the university. These included: A 2020 Vision, the First Year Learning Task Force Report (1999), the …

Proceedings Of The 3rd Conference Of Doctoral Education In Design (2003), David Durling, Kazuo Sugiyama

DRS Conference Volumes

The 3rd conference on 'Doctoral Education in Design' was hosted by several Asian design societies in partnership with the Design Research Society, and was held in parallel with the 6th Asian Design Conference, in Tsukuba, Japan, in October 2003. The call for papers stressed an overriding theme of the 'Practice of Research'. We were particularly interested in identifying best practice, and the practical application of best practice, with a focus on organising and teaching the doctorate in design.

Autobiography In Multicultural, Anti-Racist Education: Three Case Studies, Anita E. Fernandez

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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An Investigation Into The Preferred Learning Styles Of Accounting, Management, Marketing, And General Business Majors, Adel M. Novin, Lari H. Arjomand, Louis Jourdan

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Leaarning To Teach Elementary Science, Debra Zinicola, Roberta Devlin-Scherer

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Writing Intensive Courses In Theatre, Alisa Roost

Publications and Research

Most professors believe writing matters. Through writing our students are better able to synthesize ideas, communicate those ideas, and make connections across fields. While it can take significant time to grade all the assignments, it can threaten coverage of material, and our students rarely appreciate it, writing assignments can be crafted to reduce grading, add depth to coverage, and spark interest. What follows is an overview of how I incorporate writing into my theatre courses and some ways of crafting engaging writing-intensive courses.

Comparison Of Grade Point Average Of Honor Senior Students And College Of Liberal Arts Senior Students At A Florida University, Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Attrition rates in theHonor College program division of Florida Atlantic University have risen in recent years. It has been determined that even though a higher high school grade point average is required for admission into the honor program of the university, many applicants to the program were under-prepared to asumme the workload demanded of the students by the Honor College. The requirements for admission into the honor program of the Florida Atlantic University is an overall high school grade point average of 3.5 and a score of 1000 points on the SAT examination while the requirement into the College of …

The Relevance Of Authorial Presence In Creating And Understanding Qualitative Writing, Karen W. Scott, Mark L. Mccaslin, Gary C. Alexander

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Wellness And Wisdom: Is It All A Matter Of Learning?, Joy Murray

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Embedded Co-Mentoring: Inside The National Standards For Professional Development Schools, Jane Neapolitan

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Specified Ignorance: A Pedagogical And Cognitive Tool For Learning The Nature And Process Of Science, Robbie V. Mccarty

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Parcours De L’Enseignement Des Littératures Francophones Au Canada Fernando Lambert Et, Fernando Lambert, Josias Semujanga

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

If francophone literatures were introduced as early as the 1970s principally at the Universities of Laval and Sherbrooke in Québec and at the Universities of Toronto, York and British Columbia in anglophone Canada, today, they enjoy a significant presence in all the large universities of the country. Paradoxically, in the Canadian university system as a whole, francophone literatures are taught more in anglophone Canada than in the francophone province of Québec. Two unrelated factors help to explain this situation. Early in the 1990s, under the influence of American universities, Canadian anglophone universities experienced an exponential growth of francophone literature, while …

Variations Sur La Langue De Molière; L’Enseignementdu Français Aux États-Unis, Thomas C. Spear

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

French has always been among the top foreign languages taught in the American university, even if Spanish occupies the first place. As a result of the social transformations of the 1960s and 1970s and the development of new fields of learning, changes were also introduced gradually into French department programs to include francophone literatures, although in a manner that some have deemed disturbing.

This openness, which is not found in France, has brought about the creation of new faculty positions, some of which are occupied by teachers and writers from Africa and the Caribbean who are making a significant contribution …

La « Littérature Francophone » En Question, Roberta Hatcher

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

While literatures from Africa, the Caribbean and Québec have been taught in U.S French programs since at least the 1970s, the widespread incorporation of «francophone» literature and culture into all levels of the curriculum is a relatively recent phenomenon. Yet the organization of these heterogeneous fields under the umbrella of Francophone Studies has generated little discussion concerning the field’s definition and its relation to French Studies as a whole. This essay examines the category of Francophone Literature, arguing that it is no longer adequate for understanding today’s complex literary and cultural terrain.

Enseigner La Littérature Francophone : À La Recherche De La Banalisation, Cilas Kemedjio

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

The emergence of francophone literatures as a field that is increasingly taught in departments of French has led to the creation of numerous positions dedicated to this area. The natural question that specialists face is how to devise strategies to develop and entrench this new discipline in American universities, concerned as they are with budgetary issues. The present study argues that only the constant search for cooperation between Francophonie and related academic fields will facilitate its institutionalization.

9th Annual Governors State University Student Research Conference Proceedings, Shailendra Kumar Ph.D., Editor

Student Research Conference Proceedings

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Volume 15, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 15, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.

The Ouachita Circle Spring 2003, Ouachita Baptist University

The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist University

Commencement: Two Hundred Twenty-Five Students Received Degrees at Spring Commencement on May 10

Ouachita Singers Touch Hearts and Lives in Shanghai

Homecoming 2003

Campaign Funding & Development: Phonathon Raises over $91,000 for Scholarships; University Institutes Online Credit Card Donations

Faculty & Staff: Dr. Nathan Stan Poole Named VP for Academic Affairs;

On Campus: Stephen Carter presents Birkett Williams Lecture; J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences with Dawson Co-Op Provide Traveling Lab for Schools; Students Connect with Alumni through OSF Shadowing Program; Students Minister through Drama

Sports: Lady Tigers earn GSC Trophy; Men's Tennis Team Advances to Regionals

Memorial Contributions

Class …

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2003, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

Message from the President - Jeff Halprin, Nichols College

Keynote speaker, fall conference 2003: Parker Palmer, American Association of Higher Education; theme: The Courage to Teach

Teaching In Community at Northern Essex Community College - Judith Kamber, Northern Essex Community College

6th Annual Faculty Development Roundup, June 6, 2003. Nichols College

Universal design - Lisa Isleb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Board of Directors

Intelluctual Engagement And Achievement At Unl: Report From The Blue Sky Committee

Papers, Publications, & Presentations for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................5.

INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING FRAMEWORK ...................................6

A VISION FOR UNL .................................................................7

THE DATA SETS .........................................................8

THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE.................................10

WHAT WE LEARNED .......................................10

Quantitative measures................................................10

Overall student satisfaction............................................10

Academic and social support .................................................11

Academic challenge ...........................................................11

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?..................................................12

Increased focus on academics during orientation ..................................12

A reexamination of course offerings.......................................................13

Development of graduate teaching assistant skills .................................13

Expanded involvement of undergraduates in research and other activities........................................13

COMMENTS ON THE UNDERGRADUATE DATA ..........................................14

Immigrant Chinese Students' Use Of Silence In The Language Arts Classroom: Perceptions, Reflections, And Actions, Yang Hu, Stacey Fell-Eisenkraft

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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'Rapid Writing ... Is My Cup Of Tea': Adult High School Students' Use Of Writing Strategies, Pamela Young

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Liberman And Wood's Inside The National Writing Project, Katrina Meyer

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Letters From Home: With Graduate Students?, Kimberly Hill Campbell, Ruth Shagoury Hubbard

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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Self- And Sociocultural Representations Of Future Teachers, Michael Sanders, Nicole Carignan

Teaching and Learning: The Journal of Natural Inquiry & Reflective Practice

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The Face Of The Future: Engaging In Diversity At Laguardia Community College, Gail O. Mellow, Phyllis E. Vanslyck, Bret Eynon

Publications and Research

Non-traditional, first generation, college students are changing the face of higher education in the United States. More than one third of today's students are minorities, eighty percent of those are employed and attending school part-time and more than one quarter are single parents. Diversity at LaGuardia means many things besides culture, ethnicity or nationality.It also refers to age, social background, fluency in English, academic expectations, learning styles and academic preparation. We argue here that we need to rethink curriculum in relation to this new understanding of diversity.

How Does Your Positionality Bias Your Epistemology?, David Takacs

Faculty Scholarship

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Natural Product Education In Schools Of Pharmacy In The United States, Kelly M. Shields, Cydney E. Mcqueen

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

Objective. The purpose of this study was to describe pharmacy school curriculum offerings in the areas of natural products and complementary/alternative medicine. Methods. Eighty-one schools of pharmacy in the United States were surveyed to determine the extent to which coursework addressing natural product or complementary/alternative medicine had been incorporated into their curriculum. Results. Usable responses were obtained from 64 schools (79 percent). Of these, 51 schools offered some exposure to these topics, while 40 offered courses exclusively on these topics. Most of these schools offered this instruction as an elective course focused primarily on natural products. Conclusion. These results indicate …

Sharing Systems, Sharing Language: Designing And Working In A Virtual Department, Claire Mcavinia, Jane Hughes

Articles

Less widely taught languages present special problems. Often students may be ab initio learners who must progress very rapidly from beginner to highly competent. Appropriate learning materials are scarce. Small student numbers restrict the range of learner tasks. To address these problems, and drawing on research methods from both CALL and Computer Science domains, we investigated the use of a virtual learning environment (WebCT) as a tool for collaborative language teaching and learning. A web-based virtual department was created, bringing students and tutors from different institutions together to practise the target language (students) and share the development of quality resources …

Considering The Possible Elimination Of Foreign Language As A Requirement For A Georgia High School College-Prep Diploma, Kay Agnew

Perspectives In Learning

The front page headline informed readers of the Atlanta Journal- Constitution (AJC) that an education initiative of serious importance was under consideration: “Adios, francais? Maybe in Georgia school board may end language requirement” (Salzer, Sept. 2002). This proposal before the state Board of Education became the source of tremendous controversy. It was reported that the Board was interested in exchanging the required two years of language for four years in both science and math. Salzer (Sept. 2002) wrote that Cathy Henson, chairwoman of the state Board of Education, was in favor of the change as many students have trouble earning …