This semester the inaugural “Mapping the Futures” course co-taught by Professors Cathy Davidson and William Kelly, linked our undergraduate courses throughout CUNY to our pedagogical graduate class. This course epitomized […]
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Group Four Recap: Embodiment in the Classroom
Week One: Hilarie: In the very first moments of our first session, I felt a shift in energy as soon as people started coming into the room. It was lower, […]
Words with Friends: Creating the Student-Centered Roots Classroom
This semester I had the absolute honor and delight of participating in a course described as “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” a graduate seminar team-led by Professors Cathy N. Davidson and […]
Syllabus–Experimental Pedagogy: Process, Growth, Mindfulness towards Autonomy (applicable for all levels)– this course is not currently offered
Course: Process, Growth, Mindfulness to Autonomy (applicable for all levels) Instructor: Esther Michelle Gabay Email: EMGabayKCC@gmail.com or Esther.Gabay@kbcc.cuny.edu Office hours: Mon 1:30-3:00 & Thurs 1:30-3:00 in C327 Mailbox location: C309 […]
Maybe College IS for Everyone!
After class the other day, one of you asked about how you refute the “college isn’t for everyone” argument. This new data goes a long way to refuting it. Colleges […]
Metawriting: collaborative assessment
Hi all, I follow Deanna Mascle’s Metawriting blog, and I found something that resonates with Group Two’s presentation. Mascle is a doctoral candidate at Morehead State, and she reflects really […]
Persistence and Success: What I’d love to see more of
As our Mappings class has been focusing on “Professors & Persistence,” I’ve found myself hyper alert to the academic and life obstacles orbiting around our students and interfering with their […]
Building Equity and Innovation Into a Syllabus: Or, We May Not Be Able to Change the Word But We Can Change Our Classrooms
In “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” the first Futures Initiative course, President Emeritus William Kelly and I focused on pedagogy, on what you can do tomorrow in your classroom […]
“Earth is Forgiveness School”–Anne Lamott
Our class sessions on Professors & Persistence got me thinking about the role of forgiveness in the classroom, particularly inspired by writer Anne Lamott‘s essay on “shitty first drafts.” In […]
Is Educational Freedom and Choice Always Free? Reflections on Our Conversation with Dean John Mogulescu
By Cathy Davidson on April 16, 2015 in ASAP, Class Recap, CUNY Start, Guttman College, John Mogulescu, Reflection
(Another version was posted to our Futures Initiative group on hastac.org) This week our “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education” course had the honor of hosting Dean John Mogulescu, Founding […]
