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Skills and Strategies for Effective Writing
In addition to study skills, study habits, research, and reading, today’s students need to be able to effectively engage in the process of writing....
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Choosing a Program of Study and Modality
This introductory chapter begins by clearly explaining the various program delivery modalities that currently exist in higher education. This chapter...
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Identifying Support Systems and Resources
This chapter provides students with background information about the evolution of student support services in higher education. Students, whether...
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Study Skills and Strategies
Effective study skills" \i and study habits" \i are associated with student persistence" \i and success in college and beyond. This chapter focuses...
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Understanding the Online Learning Environment
This chapter begins with a brief introduction to the historical events that have defined and shaped online education in higher education. Information...
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Skills and Strategies for Communication
A student’s ability to effectively communicate is fundamental to their success in an academic environment, and beyond. College-level learning...
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First Principles of Instruction
This chapter opens with commentary on whether the First PrinciplesFirst Principles/First Principes of Instruction is rooted in a specific...
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Imagine and Play with the Possibilities: Improv Prototy**
Macrostructures are ubiquitous and tend to be easily nameable. In the context of education, macrostructures are orientations, methodologies, tools,...
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Creative Action Science Using Extreme Sports
This chapter focuses on the use of extreme sports as a context for creative action science education. The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate...
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Weaving Nihok’aa Diyin Traditional Knowledge Systems with Western Science: Co-creating Dual-Learning Environments in Underserved Communities
This chapter focuses on weaving traditional Tribal knowledge systems with Western science, and in the process co-creating dual-learning environments...
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Increasing Engagement in the Classroom
The nature and the quality of students’ engagementStudents’ engagement in the classroom plays a key role in sha** their attitudes, abilities,...
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Kopernikus School: Dialogue and Respect for a Democratic Life
Educating for democracy requires educating in democracy. As part of a pedagogical approach inspired by the Jenaplan model, Kopernikus School works...
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Introduction
We lay out the argument for why we need more democratic schools globally. We introduce the questions for the entire book and the framework we have...
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Calling the Shots: How Each Student Can Flourish with Freedom, Equity, and Community
We witness democratic education when kids are finding and sha** their own purpose and having the power to shape their own “stellar” learning...
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Motivation, Segregation, and Responsibility: The Challenges in Our Way to Grow Equal Citizens in a Democracy
Democratic education prepares students to live in a democratic society: a community of equal citizens who have rights and an impact on the public...
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Cultivating Democratic Learning Spaces: A Framework for Transformational Civics by HomePlace Collective
Cultivating democratic schools and learning spaces requires develo** critical socio-political literacy through an advocacy mindset, culturally...
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Schooling in Egypt: Reimagined
The Community School embodies the hope that we have for Egypt’s future. It is an educational institution focused on social courage, community...
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The Seychelles National Youth Service (NYS): Fragments, Thoughts and Reflections on an Experiment in Democratic Education
Reflections on the early years of the Seychelles National Youth Service (NYS) and its aspirations and practices.
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MATTERS: Laying Groundwork for Creative Practice Rooted in Ecological and Social Awareness, Repair, and Care
MATTERS is a site-focused arts education program connecting art and design learners to materials and materials to land and labor. The objective of...
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BirdHouse: A Wholesome and Joyful Homeschool Co-op
Democratic education means giving parents and children the agency to choose their educational experiences, supporting diverse forms of schooling...