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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

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Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. Systems thinking helps students understand the broader purpose of their education and how different disciplines interconnect.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. Systems thinking helps students understand the broader purpose of their education and how different disciplines interconnect.

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Is Student Absenteeism a Growing Problem at Colleges, Too?

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To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading.

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Creating Community Around the Class

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Experiential Learning Separately, we brought our classes to the campus Pickles Gallery for a class meeting, during which Wright guided students’ reflections, and facilitated discussion about the art and its relevance for understanding course material. Crumb of a well-dressed suburban girl encountering a classic “dope fiend.”

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Creating Community Around the Class

Faculty Focus

Experiential Learning Separately, we brought our classes to the campus Pickles Gallery for a class meeting, during which Wright guided students’ reflections, and facilitated discussion about the art and its relevance for understanding course material. Crumb of a well-dressed suburban girl encountering a classic “dope fiend.”

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

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Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. Following defined student learning outcomes in a pre-course ensures alignment with the main course objectives, providing clarity, focus, and relevance to the content covered.

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Higher Ed Has Now Split Into Dual Economies: Online and Traditional

Edsurge

Lecture halls and dormitories circle them, busy with faculty members and students coming and going on campus. Online, operating only in the air above, without a physical campus below, academic investments are limited to less than a handful of budget lines--instruction, course design and edtech software.

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