Does planning your course make you feel like you are in a race to complete a list of content from an ever-expanding textbook? Do you dread giving yet another dry lecture? Imagine a classroom where instead of listening to a lecture, students are leading discussions organized around a community or civic issue. Imagine students collaborating in teams to apply the course content to real-world examples instead of recalling facts on an exam. Imagine yourself with a renewed enthusiasm for the craft of teaching. We can provide you with a road map for transforming your classroom into a better learning environment using civic issues. Effectively designed courses can lead to increased student engagement, reinvigorate academic programs and make teachin...
This dissertation investigates the impact of civic engagement curriculum in two English classes. The...
Our future professionals must be prepared to not only understand stakeholder attitudes concerning na...
A service-learning course at a midsized Midwestern research university was modified over a period of...
Does planning your course make you feel like you are in a race to complete a list of content from an...
In prior research focusing on teaching and learning science, a definitive trend toward a new approac...
This paper explores the potential of civic science education (CSE), which includes experiences that ...
There have been many systematic approaches to solving the problem of how to make science courses int...
abstract: This project is a one-semester U.S. government curriculum that centers on encouraging stud...
How can you integrate community resources in the classroom in an exciting and dynamic way? We set ou...
BOOK ABSTRACT: For a democracy to function effectively, its citizens must participate. Furthermore, ...
Providing meaningful academic experiences to reluctant students is challenging in today\u27s classro...
Student reflections on course-based civic engagement provide insights into their experiences and can...
This project investigates the following question: How does college-level coursework with a focus on ...
Creating learning opportunities for students with Science on a Sphere 1 In many classrooms, teachers...
A continuing challenge in life-science education is to foster student engagement with complex, occas...
This dissertation investigates the impact of civic engagement curriculum in two English classes. The...
Our future professionals must be prepared to not only understand stakeholder attitudes concerning na...
A service-learning course at a midsized Midwestern research university was modified over a period of...
Does planning your course make you feel like you are in a race to complete a list of content from an...
In prior research focusing on teaching and learning science, a definitive trend toward a new approac...
This paper explores the potential of civic science education (CSE), which includes experiences that ...
There have been many systematic approaches to solving the problem of how to make science courses int...
abstract: This project is a one-semester U.S. government curriculum that centers on encouraging stud...
How can you integrate community resources in the classroom in an exciting and dynamic way? We set ou...
BOOK ABSTRACT: For a democracy to function effectively, its citizens must participate. Furthermore, ...
Providing meaningful academic experiences to reluctant students is challenging in today\u27s classro...
Student reflections on course-based civic engagement provide insights into their experiences and can...
This project investigates the following question: How does college-level coursework with a focus on ...
Creating learning opportunities for students with Science on a Sphere 1 In many classrooms, teachers...
A continuing challenge in life-science education is to foster student engagement with complex, occas...
This dissertation investigates the impact of civic engagement curriculum in two English classes. The...
Our future professionals must be prepared to not only understand stakeholder attitudes concerning na...
A service-learning course at a midsized Midwestern research university was modified over a period of...