DIALOGUES ABOUT EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
| A Dialogue with Professor Wendy Ostroff,
Hutchins School of Liberal Studies:The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
"I have discovered that giving students a window into their contribution to class greatly enhances their ability to self-critique, which seems to lead to greater sense of responsibility for what happens in the classroom." |
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Dialogue with Professor Alexandra von Meier, Environmental Studies and Planning:
Emotional Competence and Education.
"Communication with students needs to be immediate. You look at student faces and you realize who they are and how they feel." |
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| A Converstation with President Ruben Armiņana: Educational Effectiveness in a Liberal
Art College.
"The liberal arts and sciences education gives the analytical tools and learning skills that are adaptable to a life of change and creativity." |
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| A Conversation with Professor Paul Draper, Chair of the General Education Sub-Committee:
Toward a change in GE.
" ... GE change must lead the way into a sustainable methodology for GE program and course assessment. It is very important that faculty know what to assess, and why assessment is important to both the ongoing development of curriculum, and faculty confidence. " |
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| A Conversation with Professor
Art Warmoth, Psychology Department, Ex-Chair of the Educational Planning Committee:
Lessons Learned from the Interim Program Review Process.
"We need far more informal communication among schools and departments, as well as the formal communication that occurs in faculty governance. And this informal communication needs to be seen as an intrinsic part of our workload." |
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