Daytona State College Case Study
March 14, 2022
Students and Faculty Embrace a ‘Game-Changing’ Mindset Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Instructional sites: 7 Students enrolled: 22,000 Degree programs: over 100 OVERVIEW: Daytona State College’s comprehensive approach provides access to more than 100 certificate, associate, and bachelor’s degree programs as well as a bevy of post-secondary vocational programs and non-credit continuing education options for skills and credentials. Its student body is extremely diverse, but economic challenges are common; approximately 90 percent of students receive…
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February 23, 2022
Originally posted in our February 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Trends in education show us that learner-to-learner relationships are critical. While teachers need to lead certain parts of the education process, peer-to-peer learning can immensely benefit understanding and practicing a concept. In this piece from Edutopia, we learn about a tool developed as part of inquiry-based learning, the Question Formulation Technique. This method is especially beneficial for students who have been set in their other-directed ways…
Read more“How do you improve classroom learning? Hire students to help.”
Originally posted in our February 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Thinking beyond early childhood learning, how can we better improve classroom outcomes for college students? According to Virginia Tech, one way is to enlist the help of undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs). In a recent post about campus experience, the university highlights the impact of their Engage Undergraduate TA Program. The program benefits students, faculty, and learning experiences. From offering more engaging group work to enabling more…
Read more“Want better child care? Invest in entrepreneurial training for child care workers”
Originally posted in our February 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Regarding bringing up our youth, let’s look at another system outside of the home where we place this responsibility. Early child care is where many children get their start in education. So, what better than to set this kind of learning environment up in an empowering way? In this article from The Conversation, we learn about the enormous benefits of training child care educators in entrepreneurial…
Read more“The Ever-Increasing Burden of America’s Public Schools”
Originally posted in our February 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Public schooling has been a pillar of organizing and improving society for centuries. But in the last 150 years, US public schools are expected to do more and more in bringing up the youth. School used to be a place to teach essential skills and to disseminate some fundamental values. However, social and emotional learning was the responsibility mainly of the family and the social groups…
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