by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center As regular readers of this blog know, the Reinert Center is spending the academic year focused on the theme of transformative learning. We’re offering a set of workshops and web-based resources that can help faculty and graduate students to create transformative learning experiences for their students. However, we also… Continue reading The Power of “Disorienting Dilemmas”
Book Review: Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education
by James Fortney, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center What is feminist pedagogy and how can it advance our commitment to social and gender justice? Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education (Light et al., 2015) invites scholars from a variety of disciplines to explore this question from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The editors of the volume synthesize… Continue reading Book Review: Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education
Designing Courses to Account for Digital Readiness
by Chris Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center In the past, much attention was paid to a “digital divide” between learners who had and used digital devices versus people who did not. While the ownership of digital devices continues to grow exponentially, research in how digital technologies impact learning is needed. Recently, a number of studies… Continue reading Designing Courses to Account for Digital Readiness
Reflection on Community-Based Learning: A Praxis Workshop Follow Up
by Yang Li, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center Community-Based Learning has become an effective teaching tool for exposing students to reality-based ways to implement their acquired theories or knowledge. During last week’s Praxis Workshop, Leah Sweetman and James Fortney introduced participants to community-based learning associated with different subjects. Participants were introduced to two models of community-based… Continue reading Reflection on Community-Based Learning: A Praxis Workshop Follow Up
Undergraduate Participation in Research: A High Impact Practice
by Mitch Lorenz, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center This week, a resource guide related to undergraduate involvement in research is being added to our collection of pedagogical materials on our website [link]. This brief overview includes links to articles detailing how undergraduate students benefit from participation in undergraduate research and ways to improve student involvement in… Continue reading Undergraduate Participation in Research: A High Impact Practice
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium and James H. Korn Award
November 2, 2017, 3:00-4:30 Pere Marquette Gallery We invite all faculty and graduate students to attend the third annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium. The goal of the symposium is to showcase the SoTL work being conducted by Saint Louis University faculty and graduate students, and to promote a community of SoTL practitioners.… Continue reading Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium and James H. Korn Award
Resources to Support LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom Climate
The Center for Ethics Education at Fordham University hosted a discussion in October 2013 with faculty and teaching fellows on creating LGBTQ inclusive classroom experiences. As a result of that discussion, the center maintains a website with regularly updated information and resources to support course-, department-, and institution-level efforts towards LGBTQ inclusion at Fordham. You… Continue reading Resources to Support LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom Climate
New Resource Guide
A new resource guide on assessing affective learning has been posted to the Reinert Center website [LINK]. If you want to talk with someone about assessing affective learning in your own classes, you may request a teaching consultation by completing this form (LINK). If you have ideas for resource guide topics you would like to see… Continue reading New Resource Guide
Autonomy, Structure, and Support
by Chris Grabau, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center Self-determination theory (or SDT) is a theory of motivation that articulates the inherent (or intrinsic) factors needed in order for person to exhibit self-motivating and self-determined behaviors. SDT founders, Edward Deci and Richard Ryan propose there are three intrinsic “nutriments” or behaviors that are not only important for… Continue reading Autonomy, Structure, and Support
Affective Learning
by James Fortney, Instructional Developer, Reinert Center When defining transformative learning, Jack Mezirow (1997) argues it is “an active process involving [the] thought, feelings, and disposition” of the learner (p. 10). By drawing attention to the more affective dimensions of teaching and learning, he gives authority to many of the things we hope our students… Continue reading Affective Learning
The Notebook 