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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

Not surprising, the students in my graduate-level course were wrestling with understanding the content of this complex student development theory. Likely, anyone who has taught college or graduate-level students has faced a similar situation, particularly when attempting to synthesize complex and difficult topics.

Utilities 130
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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Located in primarily low-income areas and minority communities, this site has been the focus of many student projects to address health equity and environmental justice. Students revised the EPA letter that is mailed to residents explaining the potential soil contamination and the option to test their soil. college students, 1977–2014.

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Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

In this piece, I want to highlight another significant facet of this tool, which is the ability to amplify and empower students’ authentic voice and self-efficacy. 2013; Nieto, 2009). class conversations, online discussion boards, service-learning opportunities). Teaching visual culture. Teachers College Press. Neil Gaiman quotes.

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

However, MSIs also report lower-than-national-average graduation and retention rates, reflecting continued systemic challenges (both socioeconomic and political) shaping underrepresented students’ experiences of higher education (Flores & Park, 2013). Clearly, there’s real need to better serve underserved student communities.

Education 130
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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? By: Liana Acri.

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Developing graduate attributes in a landscape of practices

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Reaching such an understanding involves identifying the factors which enable, but also constrain, studentsdevelopment of these attributes. One of the previous criticisms of graduate attributes has been their conceptualisation as generic skills rather than recognising them as being highly contextualised and situated (Jones, 2013 ).

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

As Scotland marks 20 years of its enhancement-led approach to quality in the higher education sector, I reflect on my involvement, particularly around work supporting student development, employability, and personal and professional success.