Teaching and Learning for Social Impact: Resources for (Re)Designing Your Course
Contributors
Lindsay Gassman, Theresa Kouo, Nicole Murphy, Stefani Weeden-Smith, Elizabeth Salley, Emily Stenberg
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Description
Teaching this year is going to be unlike any other that we have taught before.We are living in the midst of a global pandemic that is particularly devastating in the US. Our country is being forced to contend with racism and anti-blackness, and we will teach in the midst of an election that will undoubtedly have incredible ramifications.In addition to all of this, many faculty are planning to teach, and students will be asked to learn, using modalities that are unfamiliar. For many of us, planning for this semester feels like a weighty task.
Teaching this year is indeed of great importance, and it has the potential to be hopeful, generative, and freeing.What do you hate about teaching? This is the semester to let that go. Are you overwhelmed by all the tech tools and options for teaching online? We recommend that you use the easiest, simplest option that allows your students to achieve your course learning goals. What would make your teaching, your students' learning, and your course really matter? Focus on that. To do this we can examine our roles as educators, the relevance of our field of discipline in this moment – including the limitations of our fields – and how knowledge and actions can be improved through dialogue and/or engagement with our communities.
This Schema is organized around three questions: Why, How, and What. While we don't expect you to read the whole schema beginning to end, we do encourage you to start with the Why, move to How, and finish with What. We think this order will ultimately save you time.
Document Type
Book
DOI
10.7936/xpd1-f528
ISBN
978-1-941823-19-4
Publication Date
2020
Publisher
Washington University in St. Louis
City
Saint Louis
Disciplines
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Higher Education | Online and Distance Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development
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Recommended Citation
Power, C., Albert, A., Leonard, D. (2020). Teaching and Learning for Social Impact: Resources for (Re)Designing Your Course. Saint Louis, MO: Washington University in St. Louis. DOI: 10.7936/xpd1-f528
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