…they are if you don’t use active learning! From the article:
“Given that active-learning approaches benefit all students, but especially those who are female, minority, low-income and first-generation, shouldn’t all universities be teaching this way?”
Find it here at the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/are-college-lectures-unfair.html?_r=0
BTW, I think she’d make a great keynote speaker!
After several discussions and votes we settled on the name Active Learning Leaders. We wanted our name to represent what we do, which is classroom focused on active learning.Recently Al Trujillo found a brochure, likely from the early 90’s, in which Palomar was promoting “The Learning Leaders”. I guess ALL is a revival of the past!
In response to President Barack Obama’s challenge to community colleges to educate an additional 5 million students with degrees, certificates, or other credentials by 2020 the AACC started on their 21st-Century Initiative. According to the 21st century initiative, “The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is leading advancement of the next era of community college’s development through its two-phase 21st-Century Initiative Phase 1, the 21st-Century Initiative Listening Tour, consisted of gathering information from a diverse group of stakeholders from across the country in the following areas: (1) student success, (2) Voluntary Framework of Accountability, (3) strategies for dealing with budget constraints, (4) big ideas for the future of community colleges, and (5) what AACC can do for members” (executive summary).
As part of the national listening tour, several points were made which support the mission of the Active Learning Leaders:
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