I. Winter 2023 LC Course Development Three teams completed the LC course design process this winter, resulting in new offerings in F23 and W24 in General Education and in two Social Science profiles: Psychology and Social Change and Solidarity. Carmen-Silva Cristea and Jeff Gandell will utilize a common time block for two new English and…
Three new projects in Social Science, Science and General Education are in full design mode this winter in the Learning Communities project. The project teams meet weekly or biweekly, supported by LC sector leads and guided by Dawson’s homegrown LC Design Toolkit. These interdisciplinary teams are creating some truly exciting curriculum design innovations, to the…
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Faculty interested in integrative learning and collaborative curriculum development are invited to submit a proposal to participate in the Winter 2022 phase of Dawson’s Learning Communities project. Proposals will be welcomed from sectors where LCs have already been implemented (Science, Social Science and Certificates/General Education), and equally from other programs and profiles (Pre-U and Careers) interested…
June 2021 saw five teams wrapping up new LC course development. As was the case last year, Winter 2021 presented challenges in workflow and communication related to the ongoing circumstance of the pandemic. Yet each project team successfully completed the three-phase course development process, and the final meeting on June 8 highlighted the introduction of…
Watch for updates here by June on the following curriculum development projects: A DIS-themed French and Phys Ed intensive pairing, designed by Lysane Audy (French) and Cindy Starzenski (PE), to take place in the Atikamekw community of Manawan. A Neuroscience Research 365 Complementary, designed and co-taught by Helene Nadeau (Physics) and Sylvia Cox (Pyschology) A DIS-…
Over the Winter 2019 semester, the LC Task Force and its three Working Groups (in Science, Social Science and Certificates) were busy with consultations and brainstorming sessions leading to the development of four planning frameworks that will guide new developments in the Learning Communities project through 2022. The process drew on more than 60 teachers…
Support the students in Pat Romano and Kim Simard’s Humanities & Cin-Com learning community as they mount their annual exhibition of student work.
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…
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…
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