Creativity Narratives Among College Students: Sociability and Everyday Creativity
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Read this article about how college students often think of creative expression as part of their everyday student lives.
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Supportive Classroom Environments For Creativity in Higher Education
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Read this foundational article from Cole et al. on the conditions necessary for fostering creativity in college classrooms.
Better Being Wrong (Sometimes): Classroom Assessment that Enhances Student Learning and Motivation
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Check out McMillan and Moore’s (2020) article on “how making mistakes and learning errors are essential to achievement, as well as the development of positive dispositions such as persistence, resilience, and risk-taking”
Practicing complex, new skills in a supportive environment
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Linda Kaboolian, Instructor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, teaches Negotiations for public health students who will continue to practice these skills in everyday and high-stakes settings all around the world. “I’m a social scientist,” she...
Social Pedagogies
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This article on “social pedagogies” shows how engaging students with “authentic audiences” is crucial for understanding key (and often difficult) concepts in a course.
Accommodating Diverse Learning Styles in an Online Environment
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This literature review outlines ways to incorporate diverse participation styles into an online setting.
Demonstrating that everyone’s voice is valued
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Dr. Monik Jimenez, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, uses different pedagogical approaches to elevate diverse voices and styles of learning. In her Mass Incarceration & Health in the U.S. course, she balances speaking time between...
Reconfiguring classroom mechanics to break down hegemony & build up student learning
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John Asher Johnson, Professor of Astronomy
Research: A Guide to Incorporating Social-Emotional Learning in the College Classroom: Busting Anxiety, Boosting Ability
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This article on how to incorporate Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in higher education provides a holistic review on the importance of SEL to 1) college classrooms through reducing students’ stress and anxiety, and improving their learning experience and...
Incorporating social support and love into the classroom
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Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education, focuses on ensuring that holistic support is apparent and felt deeply in her classroom.