Remember those classes where you were lectured to for more than an hour without a break, where you could have downed a whole pot of coffee just to stay awake? Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are experimenting with new ways of keeping students active and interested, whether in large lecture classes or smaller seminars.
Instructors are moving beyond a one-dimensional format and using interactive tools and technology, redesigned classroom spaces, and guest speakers. And plenty of learning takes place outside of the classroom through hands-on research and community engagement.
We highlight creative teaching and learning in the College in the following stories:
Intro to entrepreneurship (super course)
Interactive psychology instruction
Physics inside out
When literature and history leap off the page
Champion of undergraduate research
Engaged learning: Spanish in the Professions (video)
Inspiring a ‘spirit of inquiry’
Published in the Spring 2013 issue | Features
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