________ This week I was hosted for two splendid days at the University of California at Santa Cruz by Professor Jody Greene, Director, Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning. I met so many legendary scholars, brilliant profs and students, and learned so much. At a meeting of humanities and social science faculty interested in … Thirty-Three Ways To Enliven and Engage
“Our first blog in this series features an interview with renowned scholar of cultural history and technology Cathy N. Davidson of the Graduate Center, CUNY…She spoke with us about the Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New York (CUNY)’s Humanities Alliance, an initiative launched in 2014 in partnership with LaGuardia Community College (LCC) that … “College for Everyone: Cathy Davidson on The CUNY Humanities Alliance,” Interview by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
In the huge and impressive rotunda of Low Library, filled to capacity with SRO even after extra chairs were brought in, I admit I look a little like Sampson about to push down the pillars. In fact, that’s a bit of what we all were responding to, if our group Think-Pair-Share was any indication. … Full House! Preaching “Revolutionizing” Education . . . Amid Tall Pillars
“This critique details much wrong in US HE but also sketches a plan for reform.” Click here to read the full review.
Cathy N. Davidson goes live with Marc Lesser on “No Such Thing,” with a live student audience. No Such Thing is about learning with technology, the realities and exciting potential, but it’s also about youth and the practitioners who support them: youth developers, museum educators, teachers, mentors, counselors, parents: as they grow their identity, and journey … CND Goes Live with Marc Lesser on “No Such Thing”
Cathy N. Davidson describes what she wishes she had known when she started teaching active learning courses: “For well over a decade, I’ve been exploring the science of learning, cognitive neuroscience, research on memory and studies of pedagogy, as well as reading everything I can get my hands on having to do with techniques and … “10 Key Points About Active Learning” by CND, Inside Higher Ed
“…Cathy Davidson, distinguished professor of cultural history and technology at the City University of New York, would like to challenge them [disciplines] far more radically. She has pursued much of her career in English departments and, early on, published Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America. Yet she has “never been one of … CND Featured in Times Higher Ed, “Academic moonlighters: a bit on the side”
For well over a decade, I’ve been studying the science of learning, cognitive neuroscience, research on memory, and studies of pedagogy as well as reading everything I can get my hands on having to do with techniques and methods for meaningful, engaged classrooms. I’m constantly learning, always trying new things. Here are things I wish … What I Wish I Knew When I Started ‘Active Learning’
“Cathy Davidson, a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, recently shared some tips from her “active-learning kit.” One tool for encouraging participation is something she describes as “Exit Tickets.” It works like this: Three minutes before the end of class, she asks students: “What topic did we raise today … Two tips from CND in “Why You Should Ask Students to Help Design Courses,” The Chronicle of Higher Ed
“Our students need to be content creators, not memorisers. Outside school they have mastered this, and it’s more predictive of future success than test scores.” Read the full article here.