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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

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Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Sweller, J., Van Merrinboer, J. and Paas, F.

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

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Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Sweller, J., Van Merrinboer, J. and Paas, F.

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The Components of the Imagination: Practical Applications of an Innovative but Underused Tool 

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Despite the light-hearted nature of the strip, it serves well as a caricature of education that addresses a real issue – the imagination, quite possibly humankind’s strongest tool, is often limited by mundane teaching practices that mostly measure a student’s ability to memorize. Neglect of Creativity in Education: A Moral Issue.”

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The Components of the Imagination: Practical Applications of an Innovative but Underused Tool 

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Despite the light-hearted nature of the strip, it serves well as a caricature of education that addresses a real issue – the imagination, quite possibly humankind’s strongest tool, is often limited by mundane teaching practices that mostly measure a student’s ability to memorize. Neglect of Creativity in Education: A Moral Issue.”

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Learning Interdisciplinary studies, as an approach to education, research, and problem-solving, break down traditional boundaries between academic fields, encouraging collaboration and integration of knowledge from diverse areas. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). 2017; Liu et al.,

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

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We often don’t allow ourselves these moments of connection because connection requires vulnerability and vulnerability goes against everything we’ve been taught about expertise, authority, and credibility in academia. Social Psychology of Education, 14, 319-330. International Journal of Education Research 10, no.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

Interdisciplinary Studies: Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Learning Interdisciplinary studies, as an approach to education, research, and problem-solving, break down traditional boundaries between academic fields, encouraging collaboration and integration of knowledge from diverse areas. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012). 2017; Liu et al.,