Innovative approaches to pedagogy are changing the future of Cornell, and the 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频 has launched a to spotlight new developments throughout the college. The includes stories about teaching methods, education research, curriculum redesign and more.
鈥淭he 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频鈥 commitment to active learning and education innovation is impressive, and its successes are important for the entire university,鈥 said Julia Thom-Levy, vice provost for academic innovation and associate professor of physics.
The curriculum redesign currently underway in Arts and 麻豆视频 has a natural synergy with these pedagogy initiatives, notes Gretchen Ritter 鈥83, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and 麻豆视频. 鈥淥ur efforts on education innovation align perfectly with our broader curricular redesign. In both the redesign and our pedagogical approaches, we are moving the college forward based on the best education research and best practices known. This is a collegewide endeavor that draws on the creativity and experience of all our faculty.鈥
While research pointing the way to better pedagogical approaches fuel these innovations, the push toward creative classroom approaches has come from professors and departments deeply committed to their teaching mission, said Peter Lepage, director of education innovation and the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics.
One reason the active learning approach to teaching continues to gain adherents is that it is simply more fun than the traditional mode, said Lepage. 鈥淚f you talk to the people who have totally converted they can鈥檛 imagine going back, and the reason is because their classroom experience is utterly transformed. And it鈥檚 because the students are alive. You鈥檙e interacting with them 鈥 all of them, not just the three that come up after class. It鈥檚 incredibly energizing.鈥
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