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Full-Text Articles in Education
Information Literacy & First Year Students: Programmatic Instructional Approaches & Assessment, Sally Neal, Sarah Lowe, Catherine Pellegrino, Bill Orme, Sean Stone
Information Literacy & First Year Students: Programmatic Instructional Approaches & Assessment, Sally Neal, Sarah Lowe, Catherine Pellegrino, Bill Orme, Sean Stone
Scholarship and Professional Work
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Post-Secondary Students’ Report On Physical Literacy And Living A Health-Enhancing, Physically Active Lifestyle, Mindy Welch, Lisa Farley, Philip Villani
Post-Secondary Students’ Report On Physical Literacy And Living A Health-Enhancing, Physically Active Lifestyle, Mindy Welch, Lisa Farley, Philip Villani
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
Conference abstract from the proceedings of 1st Annual International Sedentary Behavior and Health Conference – SHAPE America, “Be the Voice of Movement” October 15-17, 2015 Champaign/Urbana.
College Of Education Year In Review 2015, Butler University
College Of Education Year In Review 2015, Butler University
College of Education Year in Review Collection
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The Effectiveness Of Social Responsibility Courses In Higher Education, Courtney Droms Hatch, Sheryl-Ann Stephen
The Effectiveness Of Social Responsibility Courses In Higher Education, Courtney Droms Hatch, Sheryl-Ann Stephen
Scholarship and Professional Work - Business
Individual and corporate social responsibility has been gaining more and more attention over the last several years. We examine the effectiveness of incorporating social responsibility courses into the curriculum in higher education, with a specific look at Butler University. In general, the results indicate that implementing this type of curricular program is beneficial to the students but affects students differently based on their gender and age. Specifically, the results show that female students generally have a higher level of individual social responsibility than their male counterparts. The results also indicate that the students’ level of social responsibility influence their perceptions …
Spend Now Or Spend Later: The Role Of A Business Education And Critical Thinking Skills In Increasing Retirement Plan Saving Rates For New, Young Enrollees, Priscilla Arling, Jill Kirby, Kegan Saajasto
Spend Now Or Spend Later: The Role Of A Business Education And Critical Thinking Skills In Increasing Retirement Plan Saving Rates For New, Young Enrollees, Priscilla Arling, Jill Kirby, Kegan Saajasto
Scholarship and Professional Work - Business
For college graduates entering the workforce, contributing to an employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan can be an important way of saving for the future. However, contribution rates for young people in these plans are far below recommended percentages, leading to concerns about future financial stability for these individuals. Prior work has shown that a college student’s major and academic coursework affect their general financial knowledge. However, little is known about what content within a course of study correlates with specific financial decisions. The decision of how much to save in a 401(k) plan is complex and requires thinking beyond a present-day …
North Central Sociological Association 2014 Teaching Address: The John F. Schnabel Lecture—Sociology’S Special Pedagogical Challenge, Jay R. Howard
North Central Sociological Association 2014 Teaching Address: The John F. Schnabel Lecture—Sociology’S Special Pedagogical Challenge, Jay R. Howard
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Instructors and students must overcome a course’s special pedagogical challenge in order for meaningful and important learning to occur. While some suggest that the special pedagogical problem varies by course, I contend that the special pedagogical problem is likely to be shared across a discipline’s curriculum, rather than being unique to each course. After reviewing a three-part typology of learning outcomes for sociology, I argue that the development of students’ sociological imaginations is sociology’s special pedagogical challenge; I then offer some general guidelines for teaching strategies to enhance the students’ success in developing a sociological imagination.