GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
At some point, in good or bad situations, many of us have asked ourselves before: Why do we go to a university to learn undergraduate and graduate education? most people might first answer: to make more money! Other responses might be: to gain social and peer respect, to fit our social circle, to make our … Continue reading The Value of Education →
Read moreDigital technology (DT) has revolutionized learning environments in higher education with multiple resources that are easily accessible and relatively easy to implement. DT likely improves the amount of knowledge or skills that a student acquires, as well as, it might keep engagement of the students in the classroom. Yet, just by adopting DT in the … Continue reading A digital world is not a dumber world →
Read moreIn the classroom, we tend to ignore, or forget, about the main roots of education, which are related to facilitating a progressive change in the world. Effective pedagogy must be framed within social, economical, and by default, political contexts. Student learning can be more profound if we, pedagogists, guide students to use their knowledge base, … Continue reading Pedagogy Has A Context Outside Of The Classroom →
Read moreI approach inclusive pedagogy as a teaching policy that values human beings equally regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, gender, socio-economical status, or political views. I am certain that education, at any level, must be designed to accommodate human diversity in the classroom. This is particularly true at a university, where the community can be highly … Continue reading Inclusive Pedagogy in Conservation Biology: My experience. →
Read moreIn the past few years at Virginia Tech I have been fortunate to be a teaching assistant in a great diversity of classes. I started assisting in the general biology laboratory sessions, in which I presented a short introduction to a topic and then moved to practical component. Then I assisted in a physiology class … Continue reading Me, Myself, and Teaching. →
Read moreI find our current standard teaching system and learning environment both counterproductive and mind numbing. Our world (e.g., culture, environment, and technology) has changed drastically in the last 1000 years, yet it appears that our typical classrooms got stuck in that era. Currently, there is a person in the front of the classroom delivering information … Continue reading Information Exploration in the Appropriate Environment is Crucial for Learning →
Read moreAs a scientist, in training, I have always struggled with making people understand the relevance of the animal research that I participate in. When I converse with the general public I feel like the final conclusion at the other end of the conservation is usually: “oh nice so you work with animals, that is so … Continue reading Blogs and Tweets in Science: the Solution to My Struggle →
Read moreI am looking forward to share thoughts with this class (Pedagogical Practices in Contemporary Contexts) to build our pedagogical skills. I hope we can all improve, sooner or later, how things work in the current higher education model. Good luck to of all of us, and will see you weakly! *GEDI stands for Graduate Education Development … Continue reading Hello GEDIVT F15!! →
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