scholarly journals Cooperative Learning In Higher Education: Comparison Of Hispanic And Non-Hispanic Graduate Student Reflections On Group Exams For Group Grades

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bobbette M. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Positive Interdependence ◽  
Student Reflections

The purpose of the study is to share reflections from 202 non-Hispanic graduate students and 65 Hispanic students who have participated in cooperative written examinations for group grades. Reflections are clustered by themes identified from the students’ comments using Van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomonological approach which is how the direct statements of individuals describe a common shared experience add to the affective understanding of the event. The experience is examined and defined through reflections of the participants. Students experience positive interdependence within a cooperative learning setting. Results of 202 non-Hispanic graduate students and 65 Hispanic graduate students are compared.

Appreciative Inquiry and Graduate Students' Professional Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 208-224
Author(s):  
Audrey Faye Falk ◽  
Christina M. Berthelsen ◽  
Linda Meccouri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Appreciative Inquiry ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Extensive Review ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Adjunct Instructor

This chapter focuses on the use of appreciative inquiry in higher education and community contexts, providing an extensive review of this literature. Furthermore, the chapter describes how appreciative inquiry has been applied within the Community Engagement Program at Merrimack College. Jointly written by the program director, a graduate student, and an adjunct instructor, the chapter includes all three voices and perspectives. It includes lessons learned that may be generalizable to business and organizational contexts.

Graduate Students of Color

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Brunsma ◽  
David G. Embrick ◽  
Jean H. Shin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Graduate Students Of Color ◽  
Graduate Student Success ◽  
Great Stress

The graduate student experience, for many, can be a time of great stress, insecurity, and uncertainty. Overwhelmingly, studies verify that good mentoring is one of the best indicators of graduate student success. In this literature review, we outline in detail previous research that attest to these experiences, and pay specific attention to the experiences of students of color. In general, our read of the literature suggests that academia, in general, and sociology, in particular, does not do a good job of mentoring graduate students of color. We begin our essay with an overview of graduate student experiences. Next, we discuss the mentoring side of the equation, addressing reasons that might explain variations in how students are mentored in higher education. Finally, we end with some thoughts on what faculty and departments can do to address the inadequate mentoring of graduate students of color.

scholarly journals Cooperative Learning, Jigsaw Strategies, And Reflections Of Graduate And Undergraduate Education Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bobbette M. Morgan ◽  
Alma D. Rodriguez ◽  
Graciela P. Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Cooperative Groups ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Behavioral Learning ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Student Reflections ◽  
Compare And Contrast

Classes of undergraduate and graduate students assigned to three professors were used to experience cooperative learning, jigsaw strategies, and to reflect on the process that occurred over a semester. The work is based upon theories of social interdependence, cognitive development, and behavioral learning. Pre- and post surveys were completed by 23 graduate and 57 undergraduate education students to compare and contrast knowledge about their experiences working cooperatively and specifically in a jigsaw format that included the role of expert, preparation pairs, and in groups of three where positive interdependence is structured through resource interdependence with a summary by the professor. Anonymous student reflections about their experiences were also collected. Results are analyzed and shared. Cooperative learning requires much more than simply putting students in groups as many university education students believe. By giving undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to work in jigsaw groups this project increased the awareness of the pre-service and in-service educators concerning cooperative groups using structured jigsaws. As they experienced challenges in working cooperatively themselves, they began to discuss and plan how these challenges might occur with K-12 students and how the challenges could be met through how they design lessons for their classrooms.

scholarly journals 5. Exploring Identities Through Poetic Inquiry: Heartful Journeys Into Tangled Places of Complicated Truths and Desires

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
John J. Guiney Yallop ◽  
Kathleen Naylor ◽  
Shamimara Sharif ◽  
Nancy Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Principal Investigator ◽  
University Research ◽  
Research Fund ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Poetic Inquiry ◽  
Writing Feedback ◽  
The University

One of the challenges we face in higher education is knowing who we are as individuals and as communities. Poetic inquiry (Prendergast, Leggo, & Sameshima, 2009) is a way into that knowing, a way of exploring our own identities and our relationships with each other. Poetic inquiry creates a space for evocative knowing. This research project, supported by the Acadia University Research Fund, included two graduate students as co-participants, one graduate student as co-investigator, and a principal investigator. Through writing, feedback, editing, and rewriting, we sought to create poetry that would show our identities as individuals and in relationships with our communities. We met for four three-hour sessions to write poetry, after reading the work of a poet / scholar. For our fifth session, we performed our poetry at a public reading that was advertised throughout the University community. Audience members were given a copy of our chapbook of poetry (Guiney Yallop, Naylor, Sharif, & Taylor, 2009), which included participant-selected pieces from our own work completed during, or between, the sessions.

scholarly journals Design and Validation of the Cooperative Learning Application Scale (CLAS)

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Atxurra ◽  
Lourdes Villardón-Gallego ◽  
Esther Calvete
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Reliable Tool ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Social Skills Group ◽  
Skills Group ◽  
Positive Interdependence ◽  
The University ◽  
University Classrooms

In this study, a scale was designed to measure the level of application of Cooperative Learning in Higher Education. The Cooperative Learning Application Scale (CLAS) comprises seven dimensions: Positive interdependence, interaction, social skills, group reflection, heterogeneity, assessment and tutoring. The sample consisted of a total of 1470 students from two Universities: the University of Deusto (Spain) and the Catholic University of Temuco (Chile). The results show that CLAS is a valid and reliable tool to gauge the level of application of this methodology in university classrooms.

scholarly journals From Assistants to Partners

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lock ◽  
Carol Johnson ◽  
Laurie Hill ◽  
Christopher Ostrowski ◽  
Luciano Da Rosa dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Working Together

Student-faculty partnerships are a growing practice in scholarship of teaching & learning (SoTL) projects. They can foster greater student engagement in higher education and help advance teaching & learning experiences. For graduate students, in particular those pursuing academic careers, such partnerships can offer opportunities for development of their professional identities as emerging SoTL scholars. In this article, we expand upon previous theorizations of partnerships to include the unique attributes of graduate student partnerships, such as in terms of longer timeframes, increased complexity, and long-term goals. Drawing on a two-year SoTL study, we present a three-layer framework characterizing key attributes for a successful graduate student-faculty partnership: 1) individual attributes in a partnership, 2) collective attributes for a partnership, and 3) outcomes of a partnership. The framework is grounded in literature and illustrative examples from our experiences as graduate students and faculty members working together in partnership with a SoTL project. This framework offers a structured mechanism to inform, create, and enhance the capacity of student-faculty partnerships in SoTL research.

scholarly journals Current Employability Scenario of Indian Graduates (Engineering, MBA & Other Streams): A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Rajashree K. Gethe ◽  
◽  
Mahesh S. Hulage ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Remedial Actions

Every Graduate Student dreams for a job with good salary once he receives Engineering and/or Management degree. But many of the graduates are not able to get an employment and those students who are getting the jobs they are being paid with less salary even after investing a lakh of money on their higher education. The general reason found behind this situation is a gap between what skills the industry/employers are expecting and what the skills graduate students are having with them. Today’s Employers are looking for those candidates who are possessing wide range of Knowledge and Skills apart of conventional Degree. The present research paper discusses about the issues, concerns related to the Employability of Engineering and Management graduates. Paper also suggests some remedial actions to resolve the employment problems of the same students and promote the concept of Entrepreneurship where students will become ‘Job giver’ than ‘Job seeker’. Keywords: Employability skills, Engineering and MBA Graduates, Job market, Professional World.

scholarly journals Programming for Successful Retention of Graduate Students

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Cheryl J. Poison
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Degree Completion ◽  
Student Persistence ◽  
Heterogeneous Group ◽  
Student Experiences

Graduate students represent nearly one out of every four students attending universities or comprehensive institutions. It is an extremely heterogeneous group and provides unique challenges to higher education. This article summarizes current programming efforts to enhance graduate student experiences. Included is a focus on programs for the entering student as well as programs that support student persistence. Ideas for programming that facilitate a successful entry into careers have also been included. These programming efforts can facilitate graduate student retention through degree completion.

Identify This…

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Rebecca Bloom ◽  
Amanda Reynolds ◽  
Rosemary Amore ◽  
Angela Beaman ◽  
Gatenipa Kate Chantem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life History ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Women's Studies ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Readers Theater ◽  
Creative Pedagogy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Selection Of

Readers theater productions are meaningful expressions of creative pedagogy in higher education. This article presents the script of a readers theater called Identify This… A Readers Theater of Women's Voices, which was researched, written, and produced by undergraduate and graduate students in a women's studies class called Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender. Section one of the article reproduces the script of Identify This that was based on life history interviews with a diverse selection of women to illustrate intersectional identities. Section two briefly describes the essential elements of the process we used to create and perform Identify This.

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