Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey - Mark Engstrom, head of middle and upper school at Allen Academy in Bryan, Texas, shares an encouraging story about rethinking curriculum to encourage “students to make decisions and take a more active role as learners.”.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

The following includes a few strategies and examples to ensure clarity: A clear, inclusive syllabus with a course calendar of class activities, routines, materials, links to rubrics, etc. This helps to both mitigate course-related stress and prepare students for high critical thinking levels expected for course mastery.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The curriculum planning process begins with students identifying various areas of passion, interest and curiosity as well as strengths and challenges in their academic endeavors and then together we amalgamate those components in order to develop a syllabus and curriculum that would most benefit their learning.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Cognitive culture pertains to the values, norms, and attitudes regarding the types of thinking that are cultivated and valued in a classroom setting. A considerable portion of the literature dedicated to teaching and learning emphasizes and values the concept of critical thinking. A Model for Strategic Thinking and Learning.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al.,

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Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

However, it might feel like a heavy lift to rewrite your syllabus to incorporate foundational lessons on dialogue skills when you already have so much content to cover. When you list the benefits of dialogue, emphasizing it as a learning method seems like a no-brainer.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2023

However, it might feel like a heavy lift to rewrite your syllabus to incorporate foundational lessons on dialogue skills when you already have so much content to cover. When you list the benefits of dialogue, emphasizing it as a learning method seems like a no-brainer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members read, tested and experimented from resources available in the weekly syllabus. This modeled not just problem solving but critical thinking. And–maybe the highlight of the classes–we shared ideas and helped each other solve problems. They failed and tried again.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. A dozen or so students are gathered virtually in a Zoom room, inhaling and exhaling and summoning their attention for a brisk lunchtime lesson filled with music and poetry.

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Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Implementation and Strategies The first year I utilized cogen, I integrated these dialogues into my syllabus. These dialogues also allowed me to think about my syllabus development and class session construction differently for the following years. Another unintended benefit was the depth of conversation facilitated in class.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Students mimic creators research habits, presentation styles, and critical thinking techniques. How Algorithms Create Learning Paths (Without a Syllabus) At their core, social media algorithms aim to keep users engaged. Echo Chambers: Seeing only content that confirms existing beliefs can stunt critical thinking.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

After what Fink calls de-bugging the course, step eleven is to create a syllabus which is the way the professor shares the course plans with the students. Step four in Finks guide consists of the teaching and learning activities, which in order to create significant learning opportunities, must incorporate active learning.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

After what Fink calls de-bugging the course, step eleven is to create a syllabus which is the way the professor shares the course plans with the students. Step four in Finks guide consists of the teaching and learning activities, which in order to create significant learning opportunities, must incorporate active learning.

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Lab to Class

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Variety Creates Critical Open Minds Another benefit of variety is that it ensures that students don’t only learn to accept the first source they encounter but instead to look at a variety of sources to learn about a new topic. Some teachers may be thinking that this is something they already do and that’s great!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Although it’s true that reading Foucault can teach “critical thinking,” and studying quantum mechanics can reinforce “quantitative reasoning,” plenty of educators and academics would argue that to slice and dice a college syllabus into skills segments would be to miss the point.

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