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Has This Begun to Change the Way They Think? Moving Undergraduate Learners' Level of Reflection from Where It Is to Where It Needs to Be
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Power, John B. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper documents the ongoing development of a framework for reflection for undergraduate learners new to the reflective process. Motivated by the gap between students' abilities and experience of reflection and the expectations of them at undergraduate level, the author experimented with a variety of approaches over a number of years. After…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reflection, Journal Writing, Guidelines
"Radically Different Learning": Implementing Sustainability Pedagogy in a University Peer Mentor Program
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Sherman, Jacob D. B.; Burns, Heather L. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
Sustainability education is a growing field within higher education that fosters personal and intellectual engagement with the interconnected tensions of pressing social, ecological, economic, and political issues. Sustainability education aims to prepare learners to become creative problem solvers and active citizens who understand the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Mentors, Peer Relationship
Teaching Nontraditional Adult Students: Adult Learning Theories in Practice
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Chen, Joseph C. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
As the USA experiences rapid growth of nontraditional adult students in higher education, educators and institutions will increasingly need to look beyond the traditional youth-centric educational models to better address adult learning needs. To date, no research has been conducted examining the learning experiences of adult students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Adult Learning