March 8, 2010 Student-Centered Discussion: Providing Structured Space for Critical Thinking When many faculty hear the term “student-centered discussion,” they imagine students leading a “discussion” that is really just a bull session. In fact, this is typically the sort of discussion...
March 7, 2010 Integrating Course Content I want to start my blog by stating that I have really benefited from reading the blogs and email messages my fellow IFers have been sending. It is nice to...
March 5, 2010 Half Time Not to go all Drama of the Gifted Child, but I'm feeling decidedly inadequate about posting after reading entries from people like Keally, Laura, and Jack. They seem so professional,...
March 4, 2010 Confessions of a Failed IF Blogger… Hi folks, I’ve been behind the rest of you all semester, both at IF’ing in class and at blogging online. The official reasons are that Berea didn’t start spring term till...
March 1, 2010 Citizen Discussions FAQs Numerous questions have arisen regarding the nuts and bolts of planning for and then conducting a citizen discussion. Theses discussion can seem rather daunting, particularly if engaging in community discussions...
March 1, 2010 Integrating Course Content? For those of you teaching an IF sponsored course this spring, your third blog post should share some of your thinking about and experiences with integrating your course content into...
February 26, 2010 Let the Chaos Begin! Last Wednesday my groups met for the first time. Before turning to Jeff’s prompts about assessment, I want to lay out how the groups are set up and what they...
February 25, 2010 Expense Forms – for IF sponsored classes and for citizen discussions You can download MS Word copies of the expense cover sheets for IF sponsored courses and for citizen discussions by clicking on the following links: Expense Form for IF-Sponsored Courses Expense Form...
February 24, 2010 Guiding and Assessing student facilitation Hi all. Can't believe it, but my class is in week 8 of a 10 week quarter. By now, each student has already done one facilitation day. They are now...