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The Why And Where Of Big History: Building A Program, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

The goals of our First Year Experience program are aligned with our institutional mission, our core values, and the goals of our General Education program. The program is designed to promote: recognition of the personal, communal, and political implications of the Big History story; critical and creative thinking in a manner that awakens curiosity and enhances openness to multiple perspectives; and, development of reading, thinking, and research skills to enhance one’s ability to evaluate and articulate understanding of one’s place in the unfolding universe.

Slimmer, Brighter, And Nearly Perfect: The New Big History Textbook Is Here, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Rarely has the appearance of a new textbook been the cause of such delight as broke out amongst the First Year Experience faculty at Dominican University of California in August 2013. The book that triggered such reaction is a seemingly unassuming volume, Big History: Between Nothing and Everything (2013), written by historians David Christian, Cynthia Stokes Brown, and Craig Benjamin, and published by McGraw-Hill. Why was the book greeted with such enthusiasm, you might ask? Was it that the world needed another textbook on history? That the Dominican faculty felt a special bond with one of the authors, Dominican professor …

Big History As General Education, Nicola Pitchford, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

A presentation on the emerging discipline "Big History" and how it could be integrated into the general education curriculum, using the First Year Experience at Dominican University of California as an example.

Teaching Big History, Richard B. Simon, Mojgan Behmand, Thomas Burke, Esther Quaedackers, Seohyung Kim, Kiowa Bower, Neal Wolfe, James B. Cunningham, Cynthia Taylor, Martin Anderson, J. Daniel May, Philip Novak, Debbie Daunt, Jaime Castner, Ethan Annis, Amy E. Gilbert, Anne Reid, Suzanne Roybal, Alan Schut, Cynthia Brown, Harlan Stelmach

Mojgan Behmand

Poster Presentation: Big History: From A History Course To A First Year Contextualization Of The Whole Person, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

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The Dominican Big History Summer Institute: A Story Of Collective Learning, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

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Sin Boldly! Or, First-Year Experience ‘Big History’ In 21st Century Liberal Education, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History is rapidly emerging as a new global discipline! whose adoption into diverse educational models is advocated by a rich array of voices, from those of educators and artists to industrialists" and spiritualists. Of those voices, some concern themselves primarily with higher education and, in turn, almost unanimously advocate for the inclusion of Big History into general education programs or core curricula. Unfortunately, the unanimity ends there. Bemoaning the politics and territoriality of higher education, many of these advocates feel forced to bow to institutional realities and the ever-continuous competition for turf and resources; and thus aspirations and hopes …

Slimmer, Brighter, And Nearly Perfect: The New Big History Textbook Is Here, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Rarely has the appearance of a new textbook been the cause of such delight as broke out amongst the First Year Experience faculty at Dominican University of California in August 2013. The book that triggered such reaction is a seemingly unassuming volume, Big History: Between Nothing and Everything (2013), written by historians David Christian, Cynthia Stokes Brown, and Craig Benjamin, and published by McGraw-Hill. Why was the book greeted with such enthusiasm, you might ask? Was it that the world needed another textbook on history? That the Dominican faculty felt a special bond with one of the authors, Dominican professor …

Big History/Omid Foundation, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Sinning Boldly With First Year Experience ‘Big History’: An Innovative, High Impact, And Interdisciplinary Program, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History As A Core Component Of Liberal Education, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

First Year Experience ‘Big History’ As The Cornerstone Of 21st Century Liberal Education, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History: Foundational General Education For The Twenty-First Century, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History, Big Lesson, Mojgan Behmand, Jaime Castner

Mojgan Behmand

Thinking For The 21st Century: Big History As A First Year Experience, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

First Year Experience "Big History": An Innovative First-Year Sequence For The Twenty-First Century, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Pioneering The Big History First Year Experience At Dominican University, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History As A Required One-Year Freshman Sequence, Mojgan Behmand, Cynthia Brown

Mojgan Behmand

Big History: A New Approach To The Freshman Seminar (Poster), Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History: Faculty Development For An Innovative Freshman Seminar, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Big History: The Whole Story For First-Year Students, Mojgan Behmand, Arthur Scott

Mojgan Behmand