Disciplines as frameworks for student learning teaching the practice of the disciplines

In this book Alverno College faculty, as well as one former student, explore how they approach their respective disciplines as frameworks for student learning. They represent a wide range of disciplines—chemistry, economics, history, literature, mathematics and philosophy. The faculty analyze the ki...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Riordan, Tim, 1948- (-), Roth, James Leonard, 1945-
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling : Stylus 2005
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Tim Riordan
  • Common ground : how history professors and undergraduate students learn through history / James Roth
  • Learning to think mathematically / Susan Pustejovsky
  • Teaching students to practice philosophy / Donna Engelmann
  • Making economics matter to students / Zohreh Emami
  • Reading and responding to literature : developing critical perspectives / Lucy Cromwell
  • Articulating the cognitive processes at the heart of chemistry / Ann van Heerden
  • Because Hester Prynne was an existentialist, or why using disciplines as frameworks for learning clarifies life / Rebecca Valentine.