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How Service-Learning In Spanish Speaks To The Crisis In The Humanities, Terri Carney Sep 2014

How Service-Learning In Spanish Speaks To The Crisis In The Humanities, Terri Carney

Terri M. Carney

Service-learning is a transformational pedagogy with timely application to the teaching and learning of foreign languages. In our current climate of assessment outcomes, language study and the humanities more generally tend to be devalued and rendered invisible by utilitarian models of evaluation. Incorporating service-learning courses and experiences into the foreign language classroom provides real- world immersion for students in their local linguistic and cultural communities, satisfies teachers’ desires to connect teaching and research to local community issues, and allows departments to meet institutional and educational goals. Indeed, service-learning points us to new definitions of old concepts—such as the role of …


Understanding Student Motivation: A Key To Effective Curriculum Design, Jonathan Stolk Jun 2014

Understanding Student Motivation: A Key To Effective Curriculum Design, Jonathan Stolk

Jonathan Stolk

This chapter explores student motivation as a potential key to the success of today's college curricula. It argues that curriculum designers and instructors could benefit from developing a more nuanced view of motivation - one that extends beyond the labeling of individuals as "motivated" or "unmotivated." Designing curricula that help students develop self-motivation for learning is an achievable goal, but one that involves several steps. First, instructors need to change their thinking about motivation and develop the knowledge to more accurately characterize student motivational responses. Second, instructors need to develop the ability to explain how classroom variables link to specific …


Enhanced Student Learning And Scholarly Productivity Through Capstone Projects, Bruce Hancock, Jane Gervasio, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Julie Koehler, Mary Andritz May 2014

Enhanced Student Learning And Scholarly Productivity Through Capstone Projects, Bruce Hancock, Jane Gervasio, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Julie Koehler, Mary Andritz

Jane M. Gervasio

Abstract from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy/Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 16-24, 2008.


Enhanced Student Learning And Public Health Awareness Through Capstone Projects, Jane Gervasio, Carriann Richey, Bruce Hancock, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Julie Koehler, Mary Andritz May 2014

Enhanced Student Learning And Public Health Awareness Through Capstone Projects, Jane Gervasio, Carriann Richey, Bruce Hancock, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Julie Koehler, Mary Andritz

Jane M. Gervasio

Abstract from the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Boston, MA, July 18-22, 2009.