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‘signature pedagogies’

students as producers of disciplinary habits

feb. 14, 2014—by nancy chick, cft assistant director the cft’s recent teaching visit hosted by phil ackerman-lieberman illustrated our 2013-14 theme of students as producers in a way that’s different from our previous examples.  these other instances typically focus on specific course assignments that engage students in actively creating something, often directing their work toward authentic audiences...

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alternatives to generic teaching: a plenary north of the border

mar. 15, 2012—on february 25, cft assistant director nancy chick presented a plenary session, “exploring signature pedagogies: approaches to engaging your students and your discipline,” at the 2012 spring conference of the federation of post-secondary educators of british columbia. the fpse is organization of unionized faculty in british columbia’s institutions of higher education.  this year’s conference, held in vancouver,...

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new book from cft assistant director nancy chick on signature pedagogies

mar. 12, 2012—by cft director derek bruff exploring more signature pedagogies: approaches to teaching disciplinary habits of mind (2012) just hit the stands a couple of weeks ago.  this is big news at the cft because the lead editor is nancy chick, our new assistant director.  this book is the follow-up to exploring signature pedagogies: approaches to...

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