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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

For community college students, the primary opportunity for engagement is in the classroom, as they typically attend part-time with fewer extracurricular opportunities than their four-year counterparts. 2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003). The Journal of Higher Education, 82 (1), 5491.

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DEI: Informing the Implicit to Create the Explicit in Classroom Culture

The Scholarly Teacher

The diversity and multicultural nature of today’s college classroom calls for use of culturally responsive practices to improve student engagement and learning (Mohammad & Nordin, 2017). But what does this look like in the higher education classroom? How can instructors engage the brain and prime it for new learning?

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Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

Visual literacy empowers individuals to effectively contribute and consume visual culture and digital media, as well as engage as discerning citizens within a diverse, democratic, and visually oriented society (ACLR, 2011/2022; Freedman, 2003; Yenawine, 2013). ACRL visual literacy competency standards for higher education.

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The uniqueness of learning: Rethinking the meaning of student-centred education

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The concept of student-centred education (SCE) has existed in literature for many years. It entails a shift in focus of the educational process from the teacher to the student. Higher education institutions have to find their place in the commercial and competitive market of educational services.

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The uniqueness of learning: Rethinking the meaning of student-centred education

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The concept of student-centred education (SCE) has existed in literature for many years. It entails a shift in focus of the educational process from the teacher to the student. Higher education institutions have to find their place in the commercial and competitive market of educational services.

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Involving an industry partner in student projects, a win for all parties?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In recent years, increased pressure has been placed on educational institutions, by government and industry, to provide opportunities for higher education students to acquire and develop the skills required for industry ( Thomas S, & Busby S, 2003 ). Reference: [1] Thomas S, & Busby S, 2003.