This research analyzes the educational philosophy of progressivism and humanism in Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's Totto-Chan Novel and its relevance to the Independent Curriculum in Indonesia. This study uses qualitative content analysis to reveal the progressive and humanistic educational philosophy in Totto-Chan and its relevance to the Merdeka Curriculum…

This case study advances two primary arguments about the relationship between experiential learning and social justice-oriented learning objectives: 1) a first step toward developing strategies and practices that foster justice-related learning outcomes is to partner with organizations that pursue social justice, and 2) effectively teaching social…

This essay discusses an integrated process of assessing learning outcomes that can be adapted to a variety of undergraduate teaching assistant and peer mentor applications. The three-element regimen includes a programmatic statement of learning objectives, student-reflection in both initial work plans and final reflections, and targeted assessment…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brought about several challenges in both learning and instructive styles. Chief among these was engagement in classrooms that were remote, in-person or switched between the two due to quarantine periods. In a content centric biomaterials core course, here we describe an 'inclusive engagement toolkit' that combines…

Using data from a learning module embedded in all first-year seminars, researchers found evidence suggesting that librarians are uniquely qualified to deliver information literacy instruction compared to campus faculty. The study analyzes writing assignments from first-year modules taught by either librarians or campus faculty for two academic…