Quick Hits For Educating Citizens

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Quick Hits For Educating Citizens

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Author : James L. Perry
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2006-06-06

Quick Hits For Educating Citizens written by James L. Perry and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-06 with Education categories.

"[This volume] makes the statement that democracy matters, that engagement in the community is essential to maintain our democratic values, and that civic engagement plays a significant role in educating our citizens." -- Sharon Hamilton and Robert Orr, Directors, Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Quick Hits for Educating Citizens presents university faculty and administrators with ideas and strategies for integrating civic education into university curricula. Fifty-eight succinct essays from across the disciplines offer successful models of curriculum-based civic education activities and strategies for engaging students outside the classroom. Reflecting best practices as well as individual approaches to educating students for citizenship, this is an outstanding resource for university faculty in every discipline, as well as administrators and students in schools of education.

Learner Centered Teaching Activities For Environmental And Sustainability Studies

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Author : Loren B. Byrne
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-03-21

Learner Centered Teaching Activities For Environmental And Sustainability Studies written by Loren B. Byrne and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-21 with Science categories.

Learner-centered teaching is a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the roles of students as participants in and drivers of their own learning. Learner-centered teaching activities go beyond traditional lecturing by helping students construct their own understanding of information, develop skills via hands-on engagement, and encourage personal reflection through metacognitive tasks. In addition, learner-centered classroom approaches may challenge students’ preconceived notions and expand their thinking by confronting them with thought-provoking statements, tasks or scenarios that cause them to pay closer attention and cognitively “see” a topic from new perspectives. Many types of pedagogy fall under the umbrella of learner-centered teaching including laboratory work, group discussions, service and project-based learning, and student-led research, among others. Unfortunately, it is often not possible to use some of these valuable methods in all course situations given constraints of money, space, instructor expertise, class-meeting and instructor preparation time, and the availability of prepared lesson plans and material. Thus, a major challenge for many instructors is how to integrate learner-centered activities widely into their courses. The broad goal of this volume is to help advance environmental education practices that help increase students’ environmental literacy. Having a diverse collection of learner-centered teaching activities is especially useful for helping students develop their environmental literacy because such approaches can help them connect more personally with the material thus increasing the chances for altering the affective and behavioral dimensions of their environmental literacy. This volume differentiates itself from others by providing a unique and diverse collection of classroom activities that can help students develop their knowledge, skills and personal views about many contemporary environmental and sustainability issues. ​ ​ ​

Educating For Democracy

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Author : Anne Colby
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-01-06

Educating For Democracy written by Anne Colby and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-06 with Education categories.

Educating for Democracy reports the results of the Political Engagement Project, a study of educational practices at the college level that prepare students for responsible democratic participation. In this book, coauthors Anne Colby, Elizabeth Beaumont, Thomas Ehrlich, and Josh Corngold show that education for political development can increase students’ political understanding, skill, motivation, and involvement while contributing to many aspects of general academic learning.

Civic Engagement In A Network Society

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Author : Kaifeng Yang
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2008-03-14

Civic Engagement In A Network Society written by Kaifeng Yang and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-14 with Social Science categories.

Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. This book provides practitioner insights on how to improve their managerial practices that relate to civic engagement.

International Volunteer Tourism

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Author : K. Borland
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-12-18

International Volunteer Tourism written by K. Borland and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-18 with Business & Economics categories.

Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners.

Prevention Is Primary

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Author : Larry Cohen
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-08-20

Prevention Is Primary written by Larry Cohen and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-20 with Medical categories.

The new edition of Prevention Is Primary provides models, methods, and approaches for building health and equity in communities. This comprehensive book includes the theory, concepts, and models needed to harness social justice and practice primary prevention of unnecessary illness and injury. Ideal for students as well as practitioners, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition combines an overview of advances in the field with effective approaches in the current economic and health care climate. With contributions from noted experts, Prevention Is Primary shows practical applications of intervention science to social and health problems and issues facing at-risk and vulnerable groups. The book describes the overarching framework and principles guiding prevention efforts, including a focus on social justice and health equity, and community resilience. It explores the transition from prevention theory to implementation and practice and from interdisciplinary collaboration to evaluation. Highlighting the book's usefulness as a teaching and learning tool, Prevention Is Primary has real world examples, learning objectives, and review questions for each chapter.

Service Learning In Higher Education

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Author : Phylis Lan Lin
language : en
Publisher: University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-25

Service Learning In Higher Education written by Phylis Lan Lin and has been published by University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-25 with Education categories.

Service-Learning has proved to be a powerful and practical methodology and tool with far-reaching implications. Benefits have included increased civic engagement, enhanced sense of purpose, greater feeling of fulfillment, nurtured creativity, and promotion of problem-solving skills and social responsibility as traditional classrooms have moved to the communities and students have become service providers and learners. The papers in this book span a good part of the globe and cover a wide application spectrum, from health care, business administration, nursing, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy to gerontology and food service. Extended models and prototypes explored include community engaged learning, long-distance learning, and the bridge between older and younger students. In addition to current perspectives and numerous revealing case studies with local communities and international service-learning projects, thirty chapters and a reflection paper are devoted to documenting lessons learning, assessing service-learning programs, identifying new challenges, and tapping into the emerging paradigms in service-learning.

Planning Changing

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

Planning Changing written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Educational leadership categories.

Inspiring Exemplary Teaching And Learning

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Author : National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Inspiring Exemplary Teaching And Learning written by National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Education categories.

This monograph is a companion piece to "Teaching and Learning in Honors." The authors in this monograph are dedicated to exploring the sometimes magical, sometimes ordinary, sometimes rewarding, sometimes challenging connections between good teaching and deep, lasting learning. Questions regarding students' learning, pedagogical strategies, distinguishing factors of advanced learning, and the nurturing of students and teachers in stepped-up programs underlie the issues, approaches, and shared resources in this volume. Following an introduction, this volume is divided into five parts. Part I, Crossing Boundaries, Integration, and Dialogic Learning, includes the following chapters: (1) Pre-College Experiences and Characteristics of Gifted Students (Anne Rinn); (2) Toward a Model of Integrative Learning: The Place of Science in an Honors Curriculum (Judith Ramaley); (3) Engagement in Learning, Liberal Education, and Honors (Bernice Braid); and (4) Dialogue, Politics, and Pedagogy: Lessons from Democracy Lab (Jim Knauer). Part II, Understanding Talented Students and Teachers, includes the following chapters: (5) Motivational Issues in the Education of Academically Talented College Students (Larry Clark); (6) Six Habits of Highly Inspiring Honours Teachers (Marca V.C. Wolfensberger); and (7) The Teaching and Learning Fishbowl (John Zubizarreta). Part III, Pedagogy: Practices and Issues, includes the following chapters: (8) The Learning Portfolio for Improvement and Assessment of Significant Student Learning (John Zubizarreta); (9) Promoting Critical Thinking through Sequenced Activities (Barbara Millis); and (10) The Importance of Class Size in Teaching and Learning for Higher-Level Achievement (John Zubizarreta). Part IV, Exemplary Curricula for Significant Learning, includes the following chapters: (11) Using Sun-Science to Explore Connections between Science and the Humanities (Martin Brock); (12) The Science behind the Moon Hoax (Ron Wilhelm); (13) Teaching Disease: Utilizing Interdisciplinary Skills and Experiential Learning in an Honors Class (Tami Carmichael); and (14) Honors Curriculum Development in a Real World (Charlie Slavin and Chris Mares). Part V includes Resources on Teaching and Learning. Includes an about the authors section. (Individual chapters contain references.) [For "Teaching and Learning in Honors," see ED566727.].

Exploring The Evidence

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Author : Wendy G. Troxel
language : en
Publisher: First-Year Experience and Students in Transition University of South Carolina
Release Date : 2008

Exploring The Evidence written by Wendy G. Troxel and has been published by First-Year Experience and Students in Transition University of South Carolina this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Education categories.