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Using Literature For Project Based Learning, Jacquelyn Urbani
Using Literature For Project Based Learning, Jacquelyn Urbani
Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship
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Developing Compassion Through Travel, Leeann Bartolini
Developing Compassion Through Travel, Leeann Bartolini
Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship
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Embedding Information Literacy Skills In Undergraduate Research Studies, Madalienne F. Peters, Suzanne Roybal, Atria Romero, Alexandra Rovira, Kimberly Ann Harris, Heidi Samayoa, Kristen Ozorio, Alejandra Vazquez
Embedding Information Literacy Skills In Undergraduate Research Studies, Madalienne F. Peters, Suzanne Roybal, Atria Romero, Alexandra Rovira, Kimberly Ann Harris, Heidi Samayoa, Kristen Ozorio, Alejandra Vazquez
Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship
In any academic context, when one mentions the term research, students immediately panic and assume this research is something they cannot do under any circumstances. This response seems fairly common among students new to undergraduate and graduate level research. The tendency on the part of the students is to make this a daunting project, impossible to complete. The faculty leaders know how to conduct research. The goal is to describe the research steps, have students practice each step, and then have them build their research work in stages. Collaboration between and among faculty in exploring and teaching research tools helped …
Education In Action: Service-Learning Celebrating 10 Years, Julia Van Der Ryn
Education In Action: Service-Learning Celebrating 10 Years, Julia Van Der Ryn
Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship
The mission of the Service-Learning (SL) Program is to centralize resources and support for faculty, students, partner organizations and the diverse communities they serve to advance education and social justice through shared learning and collaborative action. The SL Program seeks to manifest the Dominican ideals and mission to educate ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens through the creation of intentional, collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships and relevant teaching/learning practices. Service-Learning integrates meaningful community engagement with academic curriculum, enriching learning through experience and intentional reflection on the interface between theory and practice.
Slimmer, Brighter, And Nearly Perfect: The New Big History Textbook Is Here, Mojgan Behmand
Slimmer, Brighter, And Nearly Perfect: The New Big History Textbook Is Here, Mojgan Behmand
Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship
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 …