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Envisioning Equitable Classrooms That Enhance "All" Students' Wonderful Ideas: A Duckworth Perspective
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Nesmith, Suzanne M.; Trumble, Jason F.; Haugh-Villareal, Sarah J.; Porter, Kelsie S.; Schaum, Megan A.; Spencer, Erin M.; Stephens, Jessica N. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2014
This synopsis centers on Eleanor Duckworth's ideas about the relationship between education and intellectual development. Specifically, Duckworth described the essence of intellectual development as the "having of wonderful ideas" and the essence of pedagogy as the creation of occasions to "have wonderful ideas." As…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Teaching Methods, Instruction, Curriculum Development
Scholarly Identity
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White, Julie – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research (MS), 2012
The work of academics has intensified, but the focus for most remains on teaching, research and contribution to service. Institutional imperatives and positioning within universities impact significantly on how individual academics fashion themselves to fit with expectations and demands. There is, of course, no simple version of scholarly identity…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Scholarship, Professional Identity
The Adolescent's Making of Meaning: The Pedagogy of Augustine's Confessions.
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Henninger, Mark G. – Journal of Moral Education, 1989
Relates the positions taken by Saint Augustine in his "Confessions" to the stages of adolescent development identified in research by William G. Perry, Jr. Provides practical suggestions for using the "Confessions" to foster moral and intellectual development. (KO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Higher Education, Instruction