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Skogsberg, Erik; Neal, Makena; McDaniels, Melissa; Shellgren, Madeline; Stewart, Patricia – To Improve the Academy, 2021
Many scholars recommend preparing faculty for educator roles. Faculty Learning Communities, The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and teaching centers represent common preparatory approaches. But faculty and teaching assistants report time, disciplinary disconnects, and lack of incentives as ongoing barriers. Inspired by K-12's…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teaching Assistants, College Faculty
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Lonn, Steven; McKay, Timothy A.; Teasley, Stephanie D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2017
This chapter details the process the University of Michigan developed to build institutional capacity for learning analytics. A symposium series, faculty task force, fellows program, research grants, and other initiatives are discussed, with lessons learned for future efforts and how other institutions might adapt such efforts to spur cultural…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Statistical Data, Data Analysis, Capacity Building
Stark Education Partnership, 2018
This white paper presents a selection of model schools who all have, to some degree, fostered deeper learning. Schools were selected by internet search, or through references in "deeper learning" reports and documents. It should be noted that information in these reviews is based on information from school web-sites, in some cases the…
Descriptors: Models, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Web Sites
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Lincoln, Margaret – Knowledge Quest, 2009
In the months following AASL's 13th National Conference, the author has begun to process the new learning standards. The invitation to write about ethical behavior, identified as a Common Belief in the learning standards, has enabled her to reflect on how she is coming to grips with this important professional concept in her own practice. Analysis…
Descriptors: State Standards, Ethics, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
McCray, Kimeko – Online Submission, 2007
This report describes a program designed to enhance social studies skills and knowledge. The target areas for enhancement are geography, economics, history, and core democratic values. The need for strengthening these skills was documented by literature, and surveys. An analysis of probable cause for lack of social studies skills revealed that…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Suburban Schools, Research Design, Qualitative Research
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Taylor, Anne; And Others – Children Today, 1990
Describes the Head Start Classroom of the Future project, which is being introduced into inner-city centers in Grand Rapids, Michigan; a classroom for children of Hispanic migrant farmworkers in Holland, Michigan; and a classroom for Native American children at the Isleta Pueblo Head Start near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities Design