BB&T Active Learning and Leadership Development Incentive Grant
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When asked if they teach leadership in their courses, many faculty say no. Yet many of those same professors embrace instruction using active learning. In the article, “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research” (Journal of Engineering Education, July 2004, 223-331), Michael Prince reviewed the literature of active learning and discussed the different kinds of active learning from problem-based learning to cooperative and collaborative learning. While the term is very broadly defined, there is some general consensus that “Active learning is . . . any instructional method that engages students in the learning process. In short, active learning requires students to do meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing.” Core elements listed in the various types of “active learning” include “cooperative incentives rather than competition to promote learning,” “significant amounts of self-directed learning on the part of students,” and ”emphasis on student interactions rather than on learning as a solitary activity.” These and other active learning descriptions identify many of the behaviors associated with development of leadership abilities reported in Leadership Reconsidered: Engaging Higher Education in Social Change (Astin and Astin, WK Kellogg Foundation) and other work on leadership development. The purpose of this program is to use journaling and a class video to record and analyze the active learning activities used in up to 15 selected courses taught at ECU and the development of leadership abilities those activities
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promote. The journaling will also allow for reflection on ways to enhance development of leadership abilities.
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