Remove 2013 Remove Libraries Remove Social Justice
article thumbnail

Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

At the core of student-centered learning is the critical role of student voice in the dynamic of teaching for understanding (not just knowledge acquisition), as well as for personal transformation and embracing social justice principles to constructively change and improve our world. 2013; Nieto, 2009). References ACLR.

article thumbnail

Engaging students in learning outside the university

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Marion explains: I was heavily involved in the design and implementation of the new undergraduate MA in Health, Science and Society in 2013-2014. An opportunity for students to gain developmental, transferable skills by learning outside the library and the lecture theatre from the start.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Lessons in Gratitude

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Robin Wall Kimmerer has captured the essence of this insight in the following line: “ If our first response is gratitude, then our second is reciprocity: to give a gift in return “ She writes in Braiding Sweetgrass (2013, pp.184-186) Journal of Personality & Social Psychology , 84 (2), 377–389. New World Library.

article thumbnail

A compassionate approach to eco-anxiety

Teaching Matters Academic Support

As Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013, p.130) New World Library. Waking up, coming home, to the crises we face thus requires us to educate for a self-transcending, extended and expansive version of the self. This is consistent with education for flourishing with seeking to identify the gift we have to offer the world. and Johnston, C.