Problem-based learning (PBL)—as well as other inquiry-based pedagogies—enhances student learning by engaging students in the learning process. Students engaging in PBL solve problems, think analytically, …
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What is Integrative Learning and Why Does it Matter? An Integrative Learning Ecology
Typically, students in liberal arts universities receive their formal education in two discrete parts – their courses of major, which prepare them for their chosen …
Tips for Inclusive Teaching
This article was originally published at the Chronicle of Higher Education Prof Hacker blog under aCreative Commons License at http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/tips-for-inclusiveteaching/62747 It is re-published with permission …
Empowering Students through Mentoring
“If he [the teacher] is indeed wise he does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the …
Reflective Pedagogies and the Metacognitive Approach to Reading Comprehension
The Department of Rhetoric and Composition has a strong pedagogical culture of fostering reading and critical thinking in its curriculum. Yet teaching AUC students to …
Provost’s Teaching Enhancement Initiative
“We will need to incentivize, train and reward faculty to teach in novel ways” AUC Strategic Plan, 2014-19 As part of his Academic Strategic Priorities …