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Direct linkGabe Avakian Orona – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The value of higher education, and particularly the four-year undergraduate venture influenced from the liberal arts tradition, is largely framed around the impact it has on a broad range of skills and dispositions that serve to enhance human flourishing. Employers and society more broadly can benefit from individuals who are committed to careful…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Student Development, Individual Development
Lotta Bergman; Frida Hessel – Journal of Transformative Education, 2024
This article explores students' experiences of intellectual, social, and emotional growth during the first year at university and the extent to which these experiences can be considered transformative (Mezirow, 1981). The study is a qualitative interpretive multiple-case study built on semi-structured interviews with students in two higher…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Higher Education, World Views, Self Esteem
Download full textDowney, John A. – 2002
Various student development theorists have postulated that the collegiate experience is a strong contributor toward cognitive development in college students. This essay examines Kitchener and King's (1981, 1985) reflective judgment model of cognitive development as both a metacognitive exercise and as a particular skill. The development of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, College Transfer Students
Peer reviewedMagolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Review of Higher Education, 1996
A study investigated graduate and professional educational experiences that promote contextual knowing. Seventy students described these experiences as opportunities to struggle with ideas and formulate their own opinions, connect their beliefs to their own lives, use experiences in the learning process, engage in learning as equal partners with…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Critical Thinking, Epistemology, Graduate Students
Whitmire, Ethelene – 1996
This study examined the influence of background characteristics, disciplinary differences, institutional context, academic library experiences, and the perceptions of the college environment on the estimated gains of critical thinking skills in undergraduate students (N=9,361). The study used data from a national, cross-sectional survey completed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Environment, College Libraries, Critical Thinking
Nicastro, Nancy Hanna – Thought & Action, 2005
The author, who is an award winning college professor, is often asked about her philosophy of teaching. She reflects upon her own undergraduate experiences when she considers what makes an effective course. In this article, the author shares and discusses five principles of teaching that define her teaching philosophy: (1) Be approachable; (2) Use…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Philosophy, Undergraduate Study
