Category Archives: Education
Interventions and Uncertainty
So my class has been buzzing along in their groups of six, there are three of them. Two groups work together in absolutely lovely fashion. I could just sit and eavesdrop all day when I listen to them working through issues. The last group has all the most difficult, ideologically driven personalities in the class. Read more »
ADD Nation?
Many faculty complain that the current generation of students are different. This has probably been said of every generation of students that has come before, but there is an interesting Frontline episode (“Digital Nation”) that explores whether the digital natives that fill the seats of most of your classrooms are becoming hardwired by modern technologies Read more »
Finally, in the loop again!
Folks, I am sorry I have been out of the loop for so long! It is good to see you are moving on…
I have begun to use the IF process in an upper-level class this term. The group is small (9) and pretty homogeneous: all are anthropology majors. This is an applied (hands-on) research class and Read more »
Student-Centered Discussion: Providing Structured Space for Critical Thinking
When many faculty hear the term “student-centered discussion,” they imagine students leading a “discussion” that is really just a bull session. In fact, this is typically the sort of discussion that happens when faculty allocate small-group discussion time in their classes. Faculty will provide students with one or more questions to discuss, and students will Read more »
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Half Time
Not to go all Drama of the Gifted Child, but I’m feeling decidedly inadequate about posting after reading entries from people like Keally, Laura, and Jack. They seem so professional, and I feel so amateurish. On the plus side, I have learned a lot from your ideas (grading facilitation credit/no credit, asking students to come Read more »
Confessions of a Failed IF Blogger…
Hi folks,
I’ve been behind the rest of you all semester, both at IF’ing in class and at blogging online. The official reasons are that Berea didn’t start spring term till Feb 8 (we had a one-month J-term), and I don’t have my first IF session till end of this week. The unofficial reason is that Read more »
Citizen Discussions FAQs
Numerous questions have arisen regarding the nuts and bolts of planning for and then conducting a citizen discussion. Theses discussion can seem rather daunting, particularly if engaging in community discussions is outside of your experiential range. So far, Jack has done a couple of these, Matt has done one, and Maria is planning one. I Read more »
Integrating Course Content?
For those of you teaching an IF sponsored course this spring, your third blog post should share some of your thinking about and experiences with integrating your course content into a student-centered discussion class. You might find it helpful to review Sections Two and Three of the Guidebook for Student Centered Discussions. Tell us about some Read more »
When process is the content…
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