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

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

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Why I Stopped Starting Class with Content—and What Happened Instead

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Try This in Your Class Tomorrow If you want to test this out without overhauling your syllabus, here’s a quick plug-and-play format: Choose a paradox related to your next topic. Sometimes they want the damn answer And that’s okay. After exploring the paradox, I now say, “Here’s one way to look at it.” That shift— one way—keeps the door open.