Resist Violence Learning Community – Exhibition – Tuesday May 1
Support the students in Pat Romano and Kim Simard’s Humanities & Cin-Com learning community as they mount their annual exhibition of student work.
Read More about Resist Violence Learning Community – Exhibition – Tuesday May 1Winter 2018 Learning Community Course Development
Ten teachers working in five teams are working on eight new Learning Community courses this winter. Under development are three new course pairings, and two new General Education courses with integrated co-curricular activities. Read below for an introduction to each team and their work. _________________ First Choice Science Physics: Mechanics & Calculus I – Chris…
Read More about Winter 2018 Learning Community Course DevelopmentPeace 365 & SPACE: Make Things that Matter – Linking Curricular and Extra-curricular Learning
Two new Complementary Contemporary Issues courses running this winter feature direct ties between classroom learning activities and well-known Dawson extra-curricular initiatives. ————————— Peace 365, designed by Ivan Freud, puts students to work examining the relationship to self, others and nature through the lens of peace studies, and also participating in new Peace Certificate and Peace…
Read More about Peace 365 & SPACE: Make Things that Matter – Linking Curricular and Extra-curricular LearningIntegrative Learning in “The American Banjo Project” at MassArt
In November, I had the opportunity to visit the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and drop in on an innovative paired course undertaking. “The American Banjo Project” links an art history course with a course in studio technologies, and provides a great example of the potential of interdisciplinary and integrative learning. The…
Read More about Integrative Learning in “The American Banjo Project” at MassArtIntegrative Learning in Progress: Fall 2017 Learning Community Courses
Again this fall, the Learning Communities project is creating unique opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and integrative learning. Of the twelve paired courses underway, the first three pairs below are running for the first time, after being developed in the second phase of the project in W17, while the remaining three pairs are repeat offerings of…
Read More about Integrative Learning in Progress: Fall 2017 Learning Community CoursesSpring 2017 Update: New Learning Community Courses
Work on new Learning Community courses has continued through the duration of the Winter 2017 term. In April, some teachers were putting the final touches on one-page course pitches that will be used to recruit students for F17 and W18. Course pitches are distributed to students by way of MIO mailings, with groups of eligible…
Read More about Spring 2017 Update: New Learning Community CoursesCall for Proposals: New Learning Community Projects F17-W18
Faculty interested in integrative learning and collaborative curriculum development are invited to submit a proposal to participate in the Fall 2017-Winter 2018 phase of Dawson’s Learning Community project. Proposals must be submitted to Maxwell Jones (OAD) by Thursday, May 18, and should be kept to a single page that addresses in specifics the criteria below. …
Read More about Call for Proposals: New Learning Community Projects F17-W18Stories of Shaughnessy Village W2017 – RM & Intro to Geography
When your back-to-back RM and Intro to Geography classes have you doing February field walks in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood – sometimes you have to warm up with some Korean dumplings or soup! Read the course pitch for Mark Beauchamp and Geoff Pearce’s RM and Geography course pairing in the Social Science program, and don’t…
Read More about Stories of Shaughnessy Village W2017 – RM & Intro to GeographyW2017 LC Course Development in Progress
The Fall 2016 Call for Proposals for new Learning Communities courses yielded 11 different proposals, involving 18 teachers from 12 different departments. Five projects involving ten teachers (seven with course release) are being supported for the W2017 semester. The group meets every other week in the CoLab to share their progress in course development, and…
Read More about W2017 LC Course Development in ProgressResist Violence Exhibition – December 4, 2016
Pictures from the final exhibition of student multi-media projects from Pat Romano and Kim Simard’s Humanities & Cin-Comm paired courses. Amazing work & high spirits made for a fantastic culminating event for this Women’s & Gender Studies/Peace Certificate learning community. Hats off to students and profs Pat Romano (Humanities) and Kim Simard (Cin-Comm).
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