The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) is accepting applications from Level II doctoral students for Research Praxis Awards for the upcoming academic year. Their research themes closely match those of many students […]
Archive | March, 2015
Reflection: Finland Does It Again!
By Cathy Davidson on March 23, 2015 in disciplines, Finland, graduate training, interdisciplinary, Reflection
What’s in that water in Finland? First they abolish standardized, summative, high stakes testing —and come out in the top 5 in all numeracy and literacy categories on the PISA […]
Option 4) Where you’re learning
I often get distracted easily, so I’ve always preferred somewhere quiet to study/do my work. I could never really get my work done in a classroom environment. Actually, anywhere that […]
Reflections on Student-Centered Learning and Experiences
As we’ve been focusing on student-centered learning the past few weeks, it has been inspiring to see how creative all of my fellow co-learners/teachers are. Each week I leave our “Mapping the […]
Upcoming NYU Digital Humanities Events
Read the full post here. Post by Jennifer Vinnopal to NYCDH: Hi, everyone, NYU has three fantastic public events coming up that will be of interest to this community. Note: […]
Teaching Philosophy
In the spring of 2000, when I officially enrolled in Kingsborough at eighteen years old, I was told to go to the PAC building to take a placement exam. While […]
Blog Post #2
Question: How did the role of an immigrant dehumanize Oscar’s life growing up in the U.S.? Being an immigrant in a new country was extremely difficult for the family and […]
Why do I learn?
Education… behind this word is a powerful meaning that defines a process of receiving/giving organized instructions. Education requires a lot of hard work and it is definitely essential. Don’t get […]
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Option 3 ) Why do I learn? Hi. I guess throughout my life i always asked myself if school was always for me, and everyday I told myself .. nope. […]
ACRL – Frameworks
When considering student-centered learning, and creating my statement of teaching philosophy, it makes sense to discuss the ACRL frameworks which is a hugely debated pedagogical framework which grows out of […]
