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Pope-Ruark, Rebecca; Motley, Phillip; Maner, William – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2019
Team teaching can be a valuable means of enabling cross-disciplinary collaboration, interdisciplinary study, and pedagogical innovation, but the logistical and intellectual challenges can seem too daunting to overcome. Here, we share the story of how four faculty members from professional writing, communications, and computing sciences developed a…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Experiential Learning
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Knight-McKenna, Mary; Hollingsworth, Heidi L. – Childhood Education, 2016
Twenty-first century educators of young children need skills and dispositions for building partnerships with the families of all their students. Educators worldwide frequently teach children from families whose backgrounds, including socioeconomic status and home language, are different from their own. This article introduces 12 principles for…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Educational Practices
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Wurr, Adrian J.; Hamilton, Cathy H. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
The purpose of this investigation was to understand how six students, an alumna, and a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro perceived their space to emerge as leaders in service-learning endeavors, and to gain insight into how universities create that space. The results indicated that providing support, resources, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Discovery Learning, Leadership Training, Service Learning
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Lawton, Pamela Harris – Art Education, 2010
Shortly after the author began teaching at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), Frances Hawthorne, one of the studio faculty, approached her to work on a community-based art project with students. Frances is a social justice artist who works collaboratively with marginalized groups such as the homeless and inmates at the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Oral History, Local History, Story Telling
Riley, Kevin – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
Service-learning projects provide students with opportunities to put theory into practice in a real-world setting. Unlike community service, service-learning projects are intentionally linked to an academic course and incorporate specific pedagogical goals. Researchers have suggested that service learning is a great teaching tool that can…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Benefits
Stocking, Vicki B.; Cutforth, Nick – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2006
In community-based research (CBR), faculty, students, and community partners collaborate on research projects. This emerging pedagogy presents numerous challenges to instructors teaching CBR courses, including: finding a disciplinary connection, building CBR into the curriculum, ensuring student readiness, and structuring the CBR experience…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Community Involvement, Research Projects, Student Projects