Empowering University Students to Think Deeply, Discuss Engagingly, and Write Definitively
by Kenneth Newman, Ed.D. Director of Ed.S. and Ed.D. /P-12 Programs, Jackson & Professor of Education
Post Date: January 19, 2007
Dr. Newman and Dr. Ann Singleton presented at the ISETL 36th Annual Conference, held on October 19-21, 2006 in Palm Springs, California.
A typical college classroom is often pictured with the professor talking for several hours while students frantically try to write down everything that is said. Students spend time later learning this written information. This type of classroom has traditionally produced surface learning and has done little to promote learning that lasts. Can university classrooms become engaging and facilitate student learning? Do university classrooms have to be professor driven? What does a learner-centered classroom look like at the university level? Strategies for shifting students from surface learning to a deeper, more lasting learning have been identified that can be used in a university classroom.
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Empowering University Students to Think Deeply, Discuss Engagingly, and Write Definitively