How to Prepare for Your Learning Objectives Conference

Over the next week or so, we’ll be meeting one-on-one for a half-hour conference to discuss your progress towards the course learning objectives.  All conferences will be held in my SASC office, room 4.  You won’t need to check in for these conferences.  Find the conference schedule at the bottom of this post. Learning Objectives Read More …

Engagement 1

Course Learning Objective: Engagement – 20% Engaged learners are physically, mentally, and behaviorally present in class. They are willing to try new things and accept that mistakes create important opportunities for learning. They embrace what Carol Dweck calls a “growth mindset” that helps keep them open to learning from both success and failure. A student Read More …

On Confronting the Unknown

Why did Juliane Koepcke survive an airplane disaster over the Peruvian Amazon when others died? According to Miller and Jurecic’s paraphrase of Laurence Gonzalez, she survived because: “Rather than follow rules, she improvised” (22) “Although she was afraid…, she used that fear as a resource for action” (22) She had “‘an inner-resource, a state of mind’ Read More …