Introduction It is very common to hear that there is a gap between what is taught in the classroom and the skills demanded by the labor market. The industries related to marketing and advertising, in general, value curricula that emphasize…
Introduction This article shares the results of a 2016-2017 study at Clark Atlanta University (CAU) on teaching Qualitative Research Methods to doctoral students in Educational Leadership and Higher Education. The results were presented in a poster session at the Faculty…
Introduction Since 1984, the term “active learning” has been trending at college and university professional development fora and faculty orientations as well as in undergraduate classroom learning environments. Both the concept and practice emphasize engaging students in their own environments…
Introduction The 2017 Network Winter workshop on migration and climate change allowed faculty to become students again. We learned a great deal, but more importantly we developed strategies to bring the material back to our respective universities. Active learning moves…
During the spring semester of 2018, we joined our two classes to offer an interdisciplinary learning experience to students at Farmingdale State College. The idea was to blend Machiavelli and Michelangelo, Garibaldi and Giotto, Cavour and Caravaggio, the Borgias and…
Background Active learning is about arousing students in a course to be active in doing learning (Linder, 2017). Active collaborative learning is about engaging students with others in the learning process. The competence of students in diversity in a multicultural…
Introduction While the goal of all college courses is to facilitate students’ abilities to conduct academic research and produce original scholarship in their respective disciplines, it is often the introductory, foundational courses that serve as transformational gateways in this academic…
Instructors and professors at all ranks and kinds of institutions share a common story about students who don’t—or can’t—read the syllabus, a story that reveals the deeper struggle for students around college-level reading ability. Moreover, without an explicit curriculum designed…
Introduction When faculty use methods of learning where students are actively, collaboratively and/or experientially involved in the learning process they are engaging their students in active learning (Brame, 2016). These students are doing something, not just passively listening. And in…
Introduction Service-learning is a form of experiential education. In a service-learning project, students utilize what they have learned inside the classroom to solve community problems. The learning process occurs through a cycle of actions and reflections, where students gain deeper…
Abstract Today’s teaching and learning require skills beyond simply obtaining and disseminating information. P21 Partnership for 21st-Century Learning () indicates that there are essential learning and innovation skills necessary to navigate the complex world of the 21st century. These skills…
Farmingdale State College is one of the 64 campuses that constitute the State University of New York, a system of public colleges that spans the state. Located on Long Island, the College is less than an hour away from New…
Institutional Support for Active Learning at Johns Hopkins University Active learning is an essential component for the development of the learner. It is recognized that active learning does not necessarily just occur by happenstance. Typically, faculty members need to be…
Introduction The Research Aligned Mentorship (RAM) program at Farmingdale State College (FSC) is funded by a First in the World FIPSE grant awarded by the US Department of Education. The program is modeled after the successful UCLA PEERS program, which…
Communication must be HOT: honest, open, and two-way. Dan Oswald Introduction It is said that the biggest satisfaction that educators get from mentoring students is to see the students’ life goals become achievements and their dreams turn into reality. We,…
Abstract The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer universities an innovative and inclusive way to communicate and demonstrate how they can contribute to global and local well-being. This paper presents the process, the conversations, and the results of an…
Introduction The discipline of geography is at the intersection between the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Geography educators have often experienced students providing feedback indicating that asking a geographic question is a difficult concept for them to understand. Asking a…
Some might argue that the concept of diversity found entry or gained momentum in national discourse via the U.S. Supreme Court decision University of California v. Bakke (1978), at which time Justice Lewis Powell asserted that while race should not be a factor…
Teaching and Evaluating Communicative Techniques to Maintain Professional Behavior in a Nursing Curriculum The nursing profession, like all professions, has a code of ethics that enumerates the expectations of members of the profession and the personal performance standards that specifically…
Introduction In recent years, trends have highlighted the importance of varying instructional approaches, such as active and collaborative learning, as methods in which students are encouraged to interact and grapple with course content. The implementation of such approaches has been…