Workshops, readings, and other resources that focus on Ken Bain's work related to "What the Best College Teachers Do." Information about what a "promising syllabus" entails is provided.
What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand.
Military families...research, historical overviews, practice and programs. Introduction by Shelly MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D. CFLE, Purdue University.
Special access: Since the well-being of military families has re-emerged as an important topic for our nation during the last decade, this issue of NCFR Report is available to all readers.
The Columbia Population Research Center is accepting applications for the Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop to be held July 11-13, 2012, at Columbia University in New York City.
The debate over whether sex education should be taught in schools is over. Today, most students learn about STDs, HIV/AIDS, birth control, and safe sex practices. But there is a missing piece in their sexual health education: how to prevent birth defects.
There is compelling evidence that service-learning is an effective strategy for improving academic learning. But how can teachers set up rewarding and meaningful community partnerships?
The digital age has brought us amazing new teaching tools....and the social, collaborative aspects of Web 2.0 are transforming classrooms everywhere, particularly in family and consumer sciences.
