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The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No. 3, Fall 2002
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No. 3, Fall 2002
The National Honors Report
Peaks & Valleys
Those Pesky Parents
1. "Parent to Parent" by P.K.Weston ... 1 Let those parents know what they need to know: inevitable changes in their sons and daughters; practical issues; the program's responsibilities in their children's education. Includes letter to parents & copy of the program outline with notes. Weston says to borrow freely.
2. "From Fred's Mother" ... 5 This letter has been reprinted several times to remind us what honors is all about. Fred's mother says "teach my son." Introduction by Freddye Davy, Hampton University. As always, thanks for sharing this letter, Freddye.
Those Irksome Issues …
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No. 1, Spring 2002
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No. 1, Spring 2002
The National Honors Report
THE THREE R’S & MORE
RECRUITING
1. "Selling People on Honors Education" by Lydia Daniel & Joan Digby … l A challenge to honors folks to promote the value of honors education on the local level. With a generic press release that can be adapted to fit particular honors programs' or honors colleges' needs. How to promote honors as well as a specific program or college. How to buy the new third edition of Peterson's Honors Programs and Colleges. From the co-chairs of the NCHC's External Relations Committee.
- A. PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS
2. "A Summer of Excellence" by Gerald T. Szymanski …
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No.2 Summer 2002
The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No.2 Summer 2002
The National Honors Report
What do they mean?
1. "Numbers, Mountains, and the Supersonic Fly" by Len Zane ... 1 Zane in his Presidential Address (San Francisco, 1996) told us about Mount Whitney, height 14496.811 feet-as Zane says, that's 14496 and 811 thousands of a foot. How do they know, he asks. How? He reminds us to be skeptical of the beguiling effect of numbers. Originally appeared in Winter 1997 issue.
2. "Number Theory" by Margaret Brown ... 6 What can we do with all the reports from NCHC committees, with all of the reports from the NCHC office?
What kind of numbers are …
From Cognitive Dissonance To Self-Motivated Learning, Edmund J. Hansen
From Cognitive Dissonance To Self-Motivated Learning, Edmund J. Hansen
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Motivation is a multi-level change process we need to help students embrace. It often starts with experiences of cognitive dissonance and culminates in the definition of one’s learning purpose.
The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio, Matt Kaplan
The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio, Matt Kaplan
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
This essay explores the rationale for building a multicultural portfolio and offers strategies for documenting and reflecting on multicultural teaching and learning.
Teachers Are Diverse, Too -- Respecting Each Other's Beliefs, Richard G. Tiberius
Teachers Are Diverse, Too -- Respecting Each Other's Beliefs, Richard G. Tiberius
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Teachers hold beliefs about teaching and learning that influence their teaching strategies and their relationships with students. These beliefs may limit what teachers do but they need not limit their success.
College Teaching As An Educational Relationship, Douglas Reimondo Robertson
College Teaching As An Educational Relationship, Douglas Reimondo Robertson
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
This essay offers a conceptualization of college teaching as an educational helping relationship that challenges faculty to integrate inherent conflicts in the teacher (helper) role.
Teachers And Scholars As Designers: The Art And Practice Of Instructional Design, Charles M. Spuches
Teachers And Scholars As Designers: The Art And Practice Of Instructional Design, Charles M. Spuches
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Instructional design theory and practice can help us meet increasing challenges, employ new knowledge and resources, and create optimal learning environments.
Reflections On The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Pat Hutchings
Reflections On The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Pat Hutchings
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Drawing on work by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, this essay explores emergent understandings of the scholarship of teaching and learning, faculty responses, and likely impact.
Imperatives For Reforming Pedagogy And Curriculum, Hitendra Pillay, Bob Elliott
Imperatives For Reforming Pedagogy And Curriculum, Hitendra Pillay, Bob Elliott
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Traditional models of pedagogy and curriculum assume the world is stable and internally consistent and rational. A new pedagogy and curriculum model are proposed, which challenge these assumptions.
Diversity Begins At Home: Multiculturalism In State And Regional Studies, Barbara Lounsberry
Diversity Begins At Home: Multiculturalism In State And Regional Studies, Barbara Lounsberry
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Diversity studies can begin in our backyards. State and regional studies can connect faculty in new ways and reveal racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity – even in locales considered homogenous.