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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. Michael Kiener is a professor at Maryville University of St. Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. Sweller, 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. Michael Kiener is a professor at Maryville University of St. Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. Sweller, 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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Cropley’s (2014, 634) analysis of how teachers view creativity, he found that educators’ “evocation of ‘more creativity’ has been limited to rhetorical flourishes in policy documents and/or relegated to the borderlands of the visual and performing arts.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas. Taylor, Andrew.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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This journey begins not only on the Martian surface but right here on Earth, in our universities. Interdisciplinary education has positively impacted students’ academic and career outcomes. The challenges in establishing a thriving Martian colony serve as a profound analogy for the educational frontier we navigate on Earth.

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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. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497–529. Sociology of Education, 70, 324–345. Resources Bartlett, J.

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

Faculty Focus

Cropley’s (2014, 634) analysis of how teachers view creativity, he found that educators’ “evocation of ‘more creativity’ has been limited to rhetorical flourishes in policy documents and/or relegated to the borderlands of the visual and performing arts.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas. Taylor, Andrew.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

This journey begins not only on the Martian surface but right here on Earth, in our universities. Interdisciplinary education has positively impacted students’ academic and career outcomes. The challenges in establishing a thriving Martian colony serve as a profound analogy for the educational frontier we navigate on Earth.