Nate Eastman, Associate Professor of English, Earlham College May 1, 2017 Introduction In his 2003 Lancet article “Errors: Incompetence, Ineptitude or Failure” Lionel Opie writes that “errors are of most interest when they reflect overt incompetence or ineptitude […] or… Read More
Author: Steven Volk
Gender Inequality Across the World: A Digital Tool-kit for Public Awareness and Change (Karen Powell Sears, Denison)
Karen Powell Sears, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Denison University Question: How can students’ demonstrate and share their learning about social problems beyond the classroom setting? In a Sex and Gender class, students create a digital tool-kit that serves as… Read More
New Student Activism: Stops on the Road to New Solidarities (Steven Volk, Oberlin)
Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE), Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College Posted April 24, 2017 It has been an unsettled period at the Claremont colleges in California. On April 6, about 250 protesters at… Read More
Changing Campus Culture One Conversation at a Time…(Drs. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis and Deirdre D. Johnston, Hope College)
Dr. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis (Professor of Psychology) and Dr. Deirdre D. Johnston (Department of Communication), Hope College We recently attended a professional conference on “Teaching Peace in the Context of Political Polarization and Partisan Divides.” During the Q & A… Read More
Visualizing “Wicked Problems” by Using DebateGraph and Dialogue Mapping (Katy Crossley-Frolick, Denison University)
Katy Crossley-Frolick, Department of Political Science, Denison University [For the full report contact: frolickk@denison.edu] The term “wicked problems” was first introduced into the scholarly lexicon by Rittel and Webber (1973), professors of urban planning and design at the University of… Read More
Innovative Pedagogy and Non-tenured Faculty (Amity Reading, DePauw University)
Amity Reading, Department of English, DePauw University As an assistant professor nearing the end of my probationary period, I am intimately familiar with the pressures that attend the tenuring process. I sometimes feel so overwhelmed by the task of compiling… Read More
Taking Constructivism Seriously (Tom Ludwig, Hope)
Thomas Ludwig, Psychology Department, Hope College (ludwig@hope.edu) [April 3, 2017] What Is Constructivism? Constructivism is an approach to teaching and learning that emphasizes the active role of the student, claiming that students learn by constructing internal representations of the concepts… Read More
Patrik Hultberg: Instructional Design and Cognitive Load Theory
Patrik Hultberg, Coordinator of Educational Effectiveness, Associate Professor of Economics, Economics and Business, Kalamazoo College April 3, 2017 All teachers want their students to learn. Although there are many different definitions of learning, most would agree that learning implies that… Read More
From Knowledge to Social Action: Addressing College Student Alcohol Use Through Class “Service-Based Action Projects” (Susan Kennedy, Denison)
Susan Kennedy, Department of Psychology, Denison University Question: Can instructors leverage in-class learning to impact an important public health issue? Here’s one approach designed to use knowledge gained in a psychopharmacology class to address drinking among college students. The misuse… Read More
COLLABORATIONS: Gabriele Dillmann (Denison University) and Diana Stantcheva (American University of Bulgaria)
Gabriele Dillmann, Professor of German at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, USA, and Diana Stantcheva, Professor of German at the American University of Bulgaria (AUBG) in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, developed a set of connected courses which they have offered to their… Read More