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Davida Fischman Tssa Spring 2008, Davida Fischman Nov 2008

Davida Fischman Tssa Spring 2008, Davida Fischman

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

Enhances faculty's teaching by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.


Wilona Sessions, Keith Brockie Team Teaching Project Spring 2008, Wilona Sessions, Keith Brockie Oct 2008

Wilona Sessions, Keith Brockie Team Teaching Project Spring 2008, Wilona Sessions, Keith Brockie

Innovative Course Redesign Grant Reports

Supports faculty to redesign or develop a course in ways that implement high-impact, evidence-based, and/or innovative teaching strategies to improve student learning.


Jake Zhu Cd Spring 2007, Jake Zhu Sep 2008

Jake Zhu Cd Spring 2007, Jake Zhu

Innovative Course Redesign Grant Reports

Supports faculty to redesign or develop a course in ways that implement high-impact, evidence-based, and/or innovative teaching strategies to improve student learning.


Amy Leh Tssa Summer 2008, Amy Leh Jul 2008

Amy Leh Tssa Summer 2008, Amy Leh

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

Enhances faculty's teaching by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.


Mary Molle Tssa Spring 2008, Mary Molle Jun 2008

Mary Molle Tssa Spring 2008, Mary Molle

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

Enhances faculty's teaching by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.


Erin Gruwell: Catalyst For Change, Lisa Penrod, Jennifer Edmond May 2008

Erin Gruwell: Catalyst For Change, Lisa Penrod, Jennifer Edmond

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

On the evening of February 19th, 2008, we had the distinct honor and pleasure of meeting Ms. Erin Gruwell, teacher, motivational speaker and author of The Freedom Writers’ Diary and Teach With Your Heart. Upon being introduced, Ms. Gruwell focused the attention of the audience on her greatest passion, the students. After asking the teenagers to stand and be recognized, she ardently requested that the adults in the room purchase a copy of her book The Freedom Writers’ Diary, for every student present so that they might be inspired by students like themselves.


Erin Gruwell And The Freedom Writers: Two Books Reviewed, Jessica Cannaday May 2008

Erin Gruwell And The Freedom Writers: Two Books Reviewed, Jessica Cannaday

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

Two books, “The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them,” by the Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, and “Teach With Your Heart,” also by Erin Gruwell will be reviewed herein. Together, they weave an integrated tale of discovery and self-actualization. This is true for both the students who undergo catharsis with diary entries in “The Freedom Writers Diary,” and for Ms. Gruwell who learns more deeply about who she is as a teacher, a professor, and a person, through a heartfelt journey to help 150 at-risk students find …


Perspectives Of A Summer Enrichment Academy: Participant And Observer Reflections, Lisa Penrod May 2008

Perspectives Of A Summer Enrichment Academy: Participant And Observer Reflections, Lisa Penrod

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

Students and teachers rarely come together, at least in a meaningful way, outside the confines of the school environment. Seeing your students at Wal-Mart does not constitute “meaningful interaction”. This fact alone makes the GEAR UP Summer Enrichment Academy (SEA), held at California State University, San Bernardino in the summer of 2006, an epic event. The SEA brought students and teachers from the Rialto and Coachella school districts together with faculty from CSUSB for an intensive, enriching learning experience. Selected bright, young students were given opportunities to explore disciplines far outside of the range of their normal classroom experiences and …


Nancy Glen Tssa Spring 2007, Nancy Glen Apr 2008

Nancy Glen Tssa Spring 2007, Nancy Glen

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

Enhances faculty's teaching by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.


Min-Lin Lo Tssa Fall 2007, Min-Lin Lo Feb 2008

Min-Lin Lo Tssa Fall 2007, Min-Lin Lo

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

Enhances faculty's teaching by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.


A Comparative Analysis Of Method Of Credentialing And Teaching And Teaching Style, Audrey Michele Reisenhofer Jan 2008

A Comparative Analysis Of Method Of Credentialing And Teaching And Teaching Style, Audrey Michele Reisenhofer

Theses Digitization Project

There are two major styles of teaching: teacher-centered and student-centered. The purpose of this project was to determine if the method of credentialing influences whether a teacher uses more teacher-based or student-based instructional methods.