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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

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Tintos Theory of Departure (1997) and Pascarella and Terenzinis (2005) Influence Theory emphasize the importance of student-faculty interactions in fostering academic success. Students who experience strong, supportive relationships with faculty and staff are more likely to be retained, persist, and ultimately graduate.

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How You Can Habituate the Circular Model of Reflection: Before-Action, During-Action, After-Action, and Beyond-Action

Faculty Focus

Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned. What We Can Learn from a Bad Day of Teaching, Faculty Focus , May 12. Interestingly, Schon would probably agree with the above. Can Reflective Practice be Taught?, Reflective Practice , 6(2) Schn, D.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

Tintos Theory of Departure (1997) and Pascarella and Terenzinis (2005) Influence Theory emphasize the importance of student-faculty interactions in fostering academic success. Students who experience strong, supportive relationships with faculty and staff are more likely to be retained, persist, and ultimately graduate.

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BookSnaps for Enhancing Student Learning

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Luc Jacquet, 2005) likely remember the image of the frozen egg, which captures the hardships faced by penguins trying to survive and reproduce in their inhospitable environment—the movie’s underlying theme. The image of a sailor kissing his girlfriend on a dock captures the joy the United States felt at the end of World War II.

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

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If you’re familiar with Eckhart Tolle’s (2005) work, you may notice that my list is structured around his three modalities of “awakened doing,” a precept that asks us to be in a state of acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm while undertaking any task. When teaching grows tired: A wake-up call for faculty [Blog post]. 2012, October 3).

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

If you’re familiar with Eckhart Tolle’s (2005) work, you may notice that my list is structured around his three modalities of “awakened doing,” a precept that asks us to be in a state of acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm while undertaking any task. When teaching grows tired: A wake-up call for faculty [Blog post]. 2012, October 3).

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How You Can Habituate the Circular Model of Reflection: Before-Action, During-Action, After-Action, and Beyond-Action

Faculty Focus

Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned. What We Can Learn from a Bad Day of Teaching, Faculty Focus , May 12. Interestingly, Schon would probably agree with the above. Can Reflective Practice be Taught?, Reflective Practice , 6(2) Schn, D.

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