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Download full textTopornycky, Joseph; Golparian, Shaya – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2016
Active listening is an important communication skill in a variety of disciplines and professions, including the profession of Educational Development. In our roles as educational developers, we engage in a variety of processes, all of which rely heavily on the practice of active listening. Emerging strategies of active listening praxis have…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Communication Skills, Humanism, Professionalism
Direct linkBajer-Koulack, Ameena; Csorba, Emerson Thomas; Lee, Kyuwon Rosa; Smrke, Brianna; Smyth, Tristan – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
In Canadian higher education, students from across the world interact within tight-knit communities, sharing ideas and developing a wealth of soft and disciplinary skills. With many universities playing host to dozens if not hundreds of student groups, the word "leadership" is uttered by students and faculty in hallways, gymnasiums,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Student Attitudes, College Students
Cassidy, Alice L. E. V.; Wright, W. Alan; Strean, William B.; Watson, Gavan P. L. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2015
In this paper, we use a day-long professional development workshop for higher education faculty conducted in an outdoor setting as the starting point for an examination of the value of such activities. We explore the potential benefits, in terms of learning and holistic well-being, of educational activities designed to provide participants with…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Outdoor Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Korpan, Cynthia – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
This paper looks at how a series of conversations contributed to the development of a newly formed role at the University of Victoria--Teaching Assistant Consultants (TACs). TACs act as departmental mentors for teaching assistants (TAs) in their respective departments, charged with providing support in the form of discipline-specific workshops…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teaching Assistants, Departments, Teacher Workshops
Hunt, Gary A.; Wright, Alan; Gordon, George – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
Although many Canadian universities offer graduate level training or certificates on teaching in higher education, there is no national framework of expectations or provision for national certification of post-secondary teachers. There are models of post-secondary teaching expectations in the United Kingdom and in elementary and secondary systems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Instruction, Teacher Education
Paszkowski, Cynthia; Haag, Margaret – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
In 2006-2007, we established a writing exercise in two large first-year biology courses. Overall, our exercise, which consisted of multiple drafts of a 500-word essay, offered students a good introduction to how editorial feedback can improve content and style in scientific writing. We discuss our goals, procedures, outcome, and students'…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Essays, Writing Assignments
