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Sodality: December 2020, Fontbonne University

Sodality: Reading for Change

Our reading this month was suggested by Jamie Daugherty in the Family & Consumer Sciences department.

The prevalence of food insecurity on campuses across the U.S. has continued to increase in the past 10 years. More data is being collected and resources offered to help students with a variety of basic needs - including food. The financial costs of attending college, as well as the changing demographic of the student attending college impact additional support services that students need including food assistance, housing, transportation, and additional wrap-around services such as assistance with insurance, health care, and career development.

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Sodality: November 2020, Fontbonne University

Sodality: Reading for Change

Our reading this month is "Classroom of Death," the first chapter of Kevin Gannon's Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto.

Discussion

• Please share your opinion about the title of Chapter 1, "Classrooms of Death."
• Does Fontbonne's curriculum and pedagogy embody a mind-body-spirit approach to teaching and learning?
• To what degree does our current curriculum reflect the "school for life" curriculum or the deadening curriculum referenced in this chapter of Radical Hope? What changes would you like to see?

Microlearning Where Education Matters, Maria L. Figueroa

2020 Academic Exhibition

Microlearning is understood as parts of a whole, in this appreciation there are mistakes and great failures are reached. Microlearning is a small pill that can be applied at any time (just-in-time).