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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. 2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003). 2021; Close et al., Ellerbrock, C., Gomez Johnson, K.,Jakopovic,

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I remember riding the bus home from work one day and I saw someone with the Central Michigan University bumper sticker, and so I applied because I recognized the bumper sticker,” says Patterson-Stephens, who graduated in 2003 from CMU with a degree in sociology.

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

The Scholarly Teacher

Engaging the Brain and Instructional Practices Practices that support the facilitation and design of classroom culture are those which utilize explicit practices that allow students to reflect on previous background experiences, share perspectives with one another, and support cognitive development (Blaha, 2022; Muniz, 2020). Mirolli M., &

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Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

Visual literacy is the capacity to analyze, evaluate, utilize, and create images and visual media. In this way, Visual Journaling becomes a transformative experience for galvanizing and empowering one’s voice. 73). University of California Press. Dalton, J. The mindful studio. Davis Publications. Donahue, D. M., & Stuart, J.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

However, the stress response undermines and utilizes limited executive cognitive functions which are necessary for learning and the demonstration of what one has learned, which can result in reduced academic performance at toxic levels (Owens et al., For these reasons, I selected this as the measure of choice utilized within my research. .

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A Model to Engage Learners in Discussions on Health Equity and Implicit Bias

The Scholarly Teacher

Implicit bias plays a large role in the delivery of healthcare in the United States (Institute of Medicine, 2003). The One-Minute Preceptor for Health Equity and Implicit Bias utilizes the 5 micro-skills of its predecessor while refocusing the conversation: 1. Introduction. Using the framework of the One-Minute Preceptor (Neher et al.,

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Why we need better data on faculty diversity (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Data describing how different faculty members perceive the availability and utility of institutional supports should also be collected. The survey was last administered in fall 2003, with earlier administrations in 1987, 1992 and 1998.

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