The presentation “Challenges and Opportunities within the Classroom: Facilitating Students’ Transition from High School to College” was based on the findings of a study conducted, in part, by the authors, in 2009. The study focused on student impressions of effective…
As classrooms become more and more diverse, faculty at Xavier University of Louisiana are increasingly aware of difficulties associated with meeting the challenge of millennial learners who are socialized into an individualistic political culture but are simultaneously confronted by a…
Introduction Rapid and multiple societal changes appear to have demanded that faculty alter the traditional roles of educator, researcher, and community server into an expanded number of requirements and, in many cases, non-academic roles that put more time and resource…
Thank you, and good morning everyone. I’m very pleased and honored to be here today for two important reasons. First, I am delighted to be back in the environs of the Atlanta University Center, where the important work being done…
The Obama Administration and the Future of Education MARTHA KANTERU.S. Under Secretary of Education We really are putting out a call to the country to help us re-define the role of the federal government in education, because we really have…
Chemistry is exceptionally relevant to a global education. Many of the issues facing today’s student have chemical principles at their root (see Table 1 for a brief list). Unfortunately, in the United States, most students do not opt to take…
Introduction The rapid growth of the older adult population is directing society’s attention toward the implications of an aging imperative. In 2008, there were an estimated 39 million Americans over age 65. By 2030, this population is expected to grow…
Because of the various types of contemporary technology that we and many of our students have access to, the world is now an international global village. An event that occurs anywhere on earth can be communicated around the world within…
Introduction Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has devoted much of her time since resigning from the bench to encourage the youth of America to study civics. Her recent public comments with respect to this topic echo the refrain…
Introduction “Our nation is in the midst of a volunteering boom” according to a survey of 1008 adults in the U.S. (Berland 2010, p. 4). This finding is atypical. Historically, there has been a direct correlation between the state of…
Community-Based Learning and the Liberal Arts Marymount Manhattan College (MMC) is an urban, independent, liberal arts college. The mission of the college is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and…
Overview The Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations proclaimed the years 1995-2004 as the U.N. Decade of Human Rights Education in order to put Human Rights Education on the international agenda and to coordinate activities around the…
Teacher candidates will eventually become the educators who are responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining educational environments that enable K-12 students to develop their potential to the fullest extent possible. The Teacher Education Program, therefore, is constantly seeking innovative and…
This article submission, based on proceedings as presented during the breakout session by Dr. Andrea Montgomery, Dean, Division of Humanities, at Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi, is entitled, “Preparing College Students for Democratic Citizenship through Deliberative Dialogue.” Such a discussion may…
“Hispanic girls are a quiet problem,” said the superintendent of schools in a Westchester community in 2003. “Too many of them,” he continued, “quietly drop out of school due to a growing sense that they can’t make it, and to a lack of…
Most students will likely only take one or two economics courses (either Principles of Macro or Principles of Micro) in their lifetime, so exposing them to policy analysis in the economics classroom is of great importance. Fundamentally, economics is concerned…
Purpose of the Presentation This presentation focused on introducing service learning. The advantages of incorporating service into academic settings were explored. Examples of current projects in both secondary schools and universities were spotlighted. At the conclusion of the presentation, the…
Statement of Problem According to political scientist Amy Gutman, civic or political education, understood as “the cultivation of the virtues, knowledge, and skills necessary for political participation” represents public education’s most important function in a democratic society and is necessary…
Introduction The concepts and analytical methods of the social sciences are readily adapted to evaluate and analyze a great range of modern social and environmental issues. Technology has increased students’ abilities to collect and access a wide range of information…
Are our students concerned about issues and events that occur in other parts of the world? If so, where do students acquire information about global issues? This essay examines the experience of two groups of students enrolled in introductory Western…