scholarly journals Age-Friendly Teaching and Learning: New Roles for Older Adults Across the Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 547-547
Author(s):  
Kimberly Farah ◽  
Joann Montepare
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Abstract The pioneering Age-Friendly University (AFU) framework, with its set of ten guiding principles, advocates for enabling older adults to participate fully in educational activities that promote positive and healthy aging. In addition, the AFU principles call attention to bringing younger and older learners together around educational goals, and engaging learners in collaborative classroom experiences that facilitate the reciprocal sharing of expertise between learners of all ages. Implied, but not articulated, in these principles is the idea that older adults’ expertise, skills, and talents can also be tapped to support classroom learning goals and extend teaching strategies. This presentation will show how older adults can serve as valuable educational allies in classrooms across the curriculum with examples of crime scenario developers in a forensics class, conversation partners in an international oral communication class, and professional interviewers in an internship skills class. Evidence will argue that these roles enhance student learning.

scholarly journals Strategic Design toward Foundational Learning Goals in Introduction to Sociology

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
Kimberly B. Rogers ◽  
Adam Nemeroff ◽  
Kelly Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Strategic Design

Scholars of teaching and learning in sociology have argued that introductory courses should teach toward foundational learning goals instead of providing an exhaustive review of the discipline. Nevertheless, prior research has provided far more guidance on what instructors ought to teach than how they can cohesively support learning across the goals advocated. Additionally, few studies have considered whether introductory course designs adequately address students’ diverse reasons for enrolling. To address this gap in the literature, we offer insights from our experiences with a redesigned introductory course tailored to support student learning in the areas recommended by earlier work. After describing our learning goals and the elements of our course design, which are grounded in empirical findings from the literature, we present evidence for the efficacy of this design in achieving key disciplinary learning goals, serving students’ personal learning goals, and attracting new and existing majors and minors.

scholarly journals Can virtual seminars be used cost-effectively to enhance student learning?

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Halfpenny ◽  
Sonja Wellings
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
University Student ◽  
The Past ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
Student Ratios ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

With the expansion of university student numbers over the past decade, deteriorating staiT-student ratios have necessitated a re-evaluation of teaching and learning practices. In general, the amount of direct contact between staff and students has diminished. Lecture audiences have grown larger and there is less opportunity within or immediately after lectures for interaction between students and lecturers. Seminars, classes and tutorials have also grown and they often have fifteen or more students in them, allowing on average only four minutes or fewer of active participation by each member over the course of an hour'sDOI:10.1080/0968776010090305 

scholarly journals Transforming information literacy conversations to enhance student learning: new curriculum dialogues

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Fiona A. Salisbury ◽  
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Sharon Karasmanis ◽  
Tracy Robertson ◽  
Jenny Corbin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Academic Information ◽  
Literacy Resources ◽  
Learning Conversations ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Information literacy is an essential component of the La Trobe University inquiry/research graduate capability and it provides the skill set needed for students to take their first steps on the path to engaging with academic information and scholarly communication processes. A deep learning approach to information literacy can be achieved if students have an opportunity to build awareness of generic skills followed by practice in their discipline context. This article describes a collaborative model for developing and embedding information literacy resources within disciplines, that is based on Biggs and Tang's (2007) concept of constructive alignment, and that is suitable for implementation on an institutional scale. The article explores the application of the model through interviews with academics and concludes by providing a set of reflections on the importance of librarians taking an educationally theorised approach to both teaching and learning conversations related to information literacy and to the development of curriculum resources. All of which, need to be focused on collecting evidence of student learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Developing Digital Literacies by Bridging Skills and Pedagogy: Case Study from a Centre for Enhancing Learning through Technology (CELT)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Conboy ◽  
Sukhtinder Kaur ◽  
Julie Lowe ◽  
Ian Pettit ◽  
Rob Weale
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Digital Literacies ◽  
Teaching Experiences ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

In 2011 the Centre for Enhancing Learning through Technology (CELT) was established at De Montfort University (DMU). The aim of the Centre is to work with staff and students to transform their learning and teaching experiences through the situated use of technologies (CELT, 2013). This case study offers an overview of the ways in which the CELT seeks to realise its vision in relation to the use of digital technologies for enhancing teaching and learning. In particular it seeks to ‘bridge the gap’ between digital ‘know how’ and the effective pedagogic implementation of digital technology as part of a curriculum. Key elements of the CELT strategy, and its ‘on the ground’ approaches to catalysing engagement and driving innovation in the use of digital technologies for teaching and learning will be detailed. This will include a series of examples of staff developmental projects that have sought to enhance student learning through the use of digital technologies. It is hoped that the case study will be of value in terms of highlighting effective practices and broader strategic approaches that may inform other practitioners who are interested in the use digital technologies for enhancing teaching and learning.

Using Learning Trajectories to Enhance Formative Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-372
Author(s):  
Caroline B. Ebby ◽  
Marjorie Petit
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Thinking ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Interpretive Process ◽  
Improve Student Learning ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Numerous research studies have shown that formative assessment is a classroom practice that when carried out effectively can improve student learning (Black and Wiliam 1998). Formative assessment is not just giving tests and quizzes more frequently. When assessment is truly formative, the evidence that is generated is interpreted by the teacher and the student and then used to make adjustments in the teaching and learning process. In other words, the formative assessment generates feedback, and that feedback is used to enhance student learning. Formative assessment is therefore fundamentally an interpretive process: It is less about the structure, format, or timing of the assessment and more about the function and use by both the teacher and student (Wiliam 2011). For teachers of mathematics, the heart of this process is making sense of and understanding student thinking in relation to content goals.

2008 APSA Teaching and Learning Track Summaries—Track Ten: Teaching Across the Discipline

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 624-625
Author(s):  
Helen Boutrous ◽  
Cynthia Unmack
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Civic Leaders ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Innovative Techniques ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

The Teaching Across the Discipline track explored the ways in which political scientists can enhance student learning through innovative techniques that connect political science to other academic disciplines and co-curricular activities. Participants in the discussion agreed that using such techniques require instructors willing to take a risk. That risk, which may involve borrowing from other disciplines, sharing power with students in the classroom, requiring students to engage with civic leaders, pitting students in debate and competition with each other, and recognizing that political science does not exist in a vacuum, can have great rewards for students and faculty alike. Those rewards include students' true engagement in the learning process and with it enlightenment on political issues and theories; and for professors, the satisfaction of knowing that they have helped to bring their students “out of the cave.”

scholarly journals Critical geragogy: A framework for facilitating older learners in community music

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Creech ◽  
Susan Hallam
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Life Project ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
The Uk

The principal aim of this paper is to address the question of whether and how professional practice within an informal teaching and learning context (music) may be understood through a critical-geragogy lens. Secondly, we consider whether critical geragogy has relevance to and potential applications for enhancing practice among facilitators of older learners in community contexts. Geragogy refers to the management of teaching and learning for older adults and has become a well-known term applied to teaching and learning in later life. Critical geragogy retains the focus on older adults, but challenges the beliefs, practices, and structures related to ageing, supports older learners in overcoming alienation and developing a sense of powerful agency, and offers resources for purposeful collective action. In this paper we analyse the narratives of 13 facilitators of musical activities for older people, interpreting their reflections on practice within a critical-geragogy framework. The interviews, focusing on good practice in facilitating older learners, were carried out as part of the second phase of the Music for Life Project, funded by the UK Research Councils. A thematic analysis was undertaken, using a framework that was structured around person-centred, fellow-centred, and matter-centred goals. The interviews revealed that musical groups provided informal learning contexts where facilitators aspired to empower their participants through developing a positive interpersonal climate, valuing participation, using the participants' prior experiences as a resource, and guiding their groups towards creative expression as well as progression.

scholarly journals Ageism in Higher Education: Historical Reasons and Contemporary Age-Friendly Solutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 534-534
Author(s):  
Joann Montepare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Collaborative Teaching ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Age Diversity ◽  
Aging Populations ◽  
Age Segregation ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination

Abstract The need for greater attention to aging in higher education is indisputable. Changing age demographics are reshaping societies and challenging colleges and universities to consider how they can respond to aging populations through new approaches to teaching, research, and community engagement. However, ageism permeates academia in systematic as well as implicit ways, holding higher education back from expanding attention to aging. This presentation will describe how ageism manifests itself and how the pioneering Age-Friendly University (AFU) initiative with its ten guiding principles offers a framework to address the neglect of age in academia by advocating for greater age-diversity and inclusion. Special attention will be given to an AFU focus on breaking down age-segregation by bringing younger and older learners together around educational goals of mutual interest, engaging in collaborative teaching and learning experiences, and building intergenerational solidarity in line with social-psychological principles known to reduce prejudice and discrimination. Part of a symposium sponsored by Age-Friendly University (AFU) Interest Group.

scholarly journals adm kurikulum

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
yola pramika
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Implementation Guidelines ◽  
Student Learning Experiences

The curriculum is a very important and decisive component in the delivery of education. the curriculum functions as a tool for the achievement of educational goals, if educational goals change then automatically the curriculum must also be changed. In Law Number 20 of 2003 it is stated that the curriculum is a set of plans and regulations regarding the content and learning materials as well as the methods used as guidelines in implementation of the teaching and learning process. For children the curriculum is useful as a tool to develop all the potential they have towards a better direction under the guidance of teachers at school. For teachers, the curriculum functions as a guide and reference in organizing learning in schools. In curriculum administration, according to Prof. Soetjipto and Drs. Raflis Kosasi, MSc in his book entitled Teaching Profession (1999: 148) that the curriculum is a set of student learning experiences with all the implementation guidelines systematically arranged and guided by schools in the activities of educating their students ".

scholarly journals ADM Kurikulum

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ika mahendra
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Planned Activities

Abstrak— the term curriculum administration emphasizes efforts to direct the curriculum so that the curriculum can be implemented appropriately in various educational activities. As is known, the curriculum contains planned activities that will be carried out during the teaching and learning process. The curriculum should not only function as a guide, but also the curriculum as an instrument in predicting future circumstances. Thus, the curriculum has a central role in directing the achievement of educational goals and objectives. So activities in curriculum administration are various activities aimed at implementing and developing the curriculum so that the curriculum can be used as an instrument in achieving educational goals and objectives. By applying the principles of administration, the curriculum is then developed, so that in its implementation the curriculum can achieve the expected educational goals. At the very least, curriculum administration activities require that the curriculum formulation is really well planned, so that its implementation can run well too.

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