August 11, 2021 Questions–and Critical Thinking in Discussions George Winston taught an upper-level economics course on current issues. The course had a major discussion component and today’s class was the first session with students in their small-group discussion...
August 5, 2021 Just Imagine … Breaking Barriers of Exclusion Hertha Ayrton was the third child of eight born to a watchmaker and seamstress. Her father died when she was seven and she took on responsibilities for helping to raise...
August 4, 2021 Making Creative Connections Dr. Jeffrey Swank was fed up with his class. He taught a Problems in Social Science class in which students were asked to explore current issues confronting society. The in-class...
July 29, 2021 Just Imagine…Overcoming Rejection Katalin Karikó grew up in Hungary. Her passion for service led to her earning a PhD from the University of Szeged. When her research funding in Hungary disappeared, she and...
July 28, 2021 Metaphorically Speaking Caroline Janosik began her class by saying, “I need your help. I’ve developed a new course to prepare students for the soft skills that employers are looking for in college...
July 22, 2021 Why Should You Care About Exploratory Discussion? By: Noah Miller We are all busy. Our busy lives pull us in every which way, forcing us to make decision after decision with little break in between. Oftentimes, it is...
July 22, 2021 Olympic Fever, Are You Feeling It–or Are You Feeling Something Else? The Tokyo Olympics are here! So are you feeling that Olympic fever? Or are you feeling a bit uneasy about the whole idea of having the pandemic-delayed Games in a...
July 22, 2021 Just Imagine…Accepting Innovation In 1914, Bessie Blount was born in Hickory, Virginia. When she started elementary school, her teacher rapped her knuckles for writing lefthanded. Bessie had to learn to use her right...
July 21, 2021 Contradictions in Discussions Professor Dorothy Hamlin was concerned that her in-class discussions had become too superficial. Students were not exploring issues from different perspectives. Perhaps this should be expected since her university tended...
July 16, 2021 Could Technology Support & Enhance Our Democracy? A discussion summary for the third and final session of an online exploratory discussion series on Technology & Democracy In this third and final session of our small group conversation series...
July 15, 2021 Just Imagine…Taking the Long View Barbara McClintock was a geneticist who did much of her work with maize, or what we in the US commonly call "corn." Because maize has a far longer generational cycle...
July 14, 2021 Facilitating Curiosity Jordan Carper began her class by asking students to write down on a sheet of paper three things they were curious about. She asked this question because she believed that...