by Steven Volk | Oct 29, 2018 | Article of the Week
As we wrote in an earlier post, the Consortium for Teaching & Learning is sponsoring five Learning Communities that will span and connect colleagues from many (hopefully all) our GLCA campuses. As we noted, “As liberal arts colleges, we share a number of...
by Steven Volk | Oct 12, 2018 | Article of the Week, Uncategorized
Brad Carter, Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Oberlin College Contact at: CARTERBS@uwec.edu August 12, 2018 Alumni are uniquely positioned to help undergraduates understand what it means to become professionals in their chosen fields. Using...
by Steven Volk | Sep 24, 2018 | Featured Article, Uncategorized
Olivia Aguilar, Associate Professor, McPhail Center for Environmental Studies, Denison University Contact at: aguilaro@denison.edu Using the Community of Practice Framework to Develop a More Inclusive Classroom I often hear faculty members talk about the stress...
by Steven Volk | Sep 22, 2018 | Article of the Week, Essays for Action
Peter Rutkoff, Professor of American Studies, Kenyon College (with occasional commentary by students in italics) PART I It took more than forty years, but this time I found my way to shape a classroom culture that balanced progressive theory and practice. It simply...
by Steven Volk | Sep 16, 2018 | Article of the Week, Uncategorized
Kevin Thomas Miles, Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College Contact at: mileske@earlham.edu The fourth paragraph of the Earlham College Mission Statement reads: “The teaching-learning process at Earlham is shaped by a view of education as a process of awakening the...
