Developing distinctive, effective
styles of learning and teaching.
· discern our teaching roles
· assess our instructional styles
· assess the learning styles of the
individual students
Establishing an effective plan for
learning outside the classroom, so that the UNCA experience will be the beginning of a
lifelong work in progress.
Process:
· Students brought varied interests to
the class and used the site visits to inform those interests.
· Students video taped presentations
serve as a benchmark of confidence, presentation style, etc.
· Students made connections between very
disparate experiences
· Students explored ideas, lives and
history in context.
Developing the best possible
library-use skills to find information, develop ideas and discover new interests and
perspectives.
Process:
· hands-on lab
· hands-on Special Collections, Ramsey
Library (primary sources)
· hands-on Special Collections, Public
Library
· government documents
· Web exploration and critical thinking
exercises
· reflection of differing perspectives,
styles of information
Cultivating a broad sense of career
possibilities and real-life applications for ideas that originate in classroom and
academic work.
Process:
· real-life applications of academic
training; professionals who are actively engaged in career and who reflected on their
preparation and job changes
· how professionals contribute to the
community
· service/volunteer aspects of career
sampling by students at their initiative
Refining a personal approach to time management and stress management in order to set goals, clarify values, establish priorities and deal with pressures, deadlines, surprises, demands and multiple roles.
Process:
· required regular attendance in
three-hour class
· required being on time for departure of
van on trips
· organize and present in-class projects,
research
· reflective paper on how student uses
his/her time
· email reflections on class sent weekly
to instructors
Acquiring basic computer skills to
produce polished written work, to access databases and libraries, and to conduct
correspondence.
Process:
· e-mail/correspondence on a weekly basis
· letters to friend or family about one
day in their life at UNCA
· end of class oral presentation