Archive of ‘learning’ category

27
Jan
2021

decline male students enrollment

categories: academic library, student-centered learning

The decline in enrollment has been seven times as steep among men as among women.

Posted by The Hechinger Report on Monday, January 25, 2021

The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college

While enrollment in higher education overall fell 2.5 percent in the fall, or by more than 461,000 students compared to the fall of 2019, the decline among men was more than seven times as steep as the decline among women, according to an analysis of figures from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of enrollment in universities and colleges and men just over 40 percent, the research center reports. Fifty years ago, the gender proportions were reversed.

Despite the allure of a paycheck versus going into debt and spending years pursuing a degree, the reality is that “a lot of these young men at 17 or 18 years old end up working 12-hour shifts, getting married, buy a truck, get a mortgage, and by the time they’re 30, their bodies are broken,” Ponjuan said. “And now they have a mortgage, three kids to feed and that truck, and no idea what to do next.”

Not everyone has to go to college. Faster and less costly career and technical education can lead to in-demand, well-paying jobs in skilled trades, automation and other fields.

Graduates with bachelor’s degrees still generally make more than people with lesser credentials, however.

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more on male students in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22male+students%22

25
Jan
2021

teens brain

categories: Gen Z, learning

Students should learn about their own brains and how they’re changing because it can be empowering for young people to know and understand more about why they might be feeling a certain way.

Posted by MindShift on Sunday, January 24, 2021

Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!)

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51237/why-teens-should-understand-their-own-brains-and-why-their-teachers-should-too

a new book, Inventing Ourselves, The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain — where she dives into the research and the science — and offers insights into how young adults are thinking, problem-solving and learning.

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more on the brain in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=brain

25
Jan
2021

nVivo workshops at the U

categories: announcement, Digital literacy, educational technology

Introduction to NVivo on Mac

Friday, January 29 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Online
NVivo is a qualitative data management, coding and markup tool, that facilitates powerful querying and exploration of source materials for both mixed methods and qualitative analysis. It integrates well with tools that assist in data collection and can handle a wide variety of source materials. This workshop introduces the basic functions of NVivo, with no prior experience necessary. Learn more and register for Introduction to NVivo on Mac.

Introduction to NVivo on Windows

Friday, February 5 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Online
NVivo is a qualitative data management, coding and markup tool, that facilitates powerful querying and exploration of source materials for both mixed methods and qualitative analysis. It integrates well with tools that assist in data collection and can handle a wide variety of source materials. This workshop introduces the basic functions of NVivo, with no prior experience necessary. Learn more and register for Introduction to NVivo on Windows.

25
Jan
2021

The Post-Pandemic Liberal Arts College

categories: academic library, announcement, teaching

To RSVP ahead of time, or to jump straight in at 2 pm ET this Thursday, click here:
https://shindig.com/login/event/volkbenedix

the topic of liberal education, in the company of two great advocates.  On Thursday, January 28h, from 2-3 pm ET, we’ll be joined by professors Beth Benedix and Steven Volk, authors of the new book The Post-Pandemic Liberal Arts College: A Manifesto for Reinvention (publisher; our bookstore).

Beth Benedix teaches literature and religious studies at DePauw University. There she founded and directs The Castle, a nonprofit organization that partners with local public schools to build a culture of arts-integrated project-based learning, and TransformEdu, a consulting business that works with college educators to develop holistic, intentional and collaborative practices to energize the classroom. ​

Beth has published: Reluctant Theologians:  Kafka, Celan, Jabes; Subverting Scriptures:  Critical Reflections on the Uses of the Bible; Ghost Writer (A Story About Telling a Holocaust Story). She is working on a documentary film project about public education with film-makers Joel Fendelman and James Chase Sanchez.

She completed her B.A, M.A and Ph.D at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Steve Volk is Professor of History Emeritus at Oberlin College where he taught Latin American History and Museum Studies between 1986-2016. He founded the Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE), Oberlin’s teaching and learning center, in 2007 and served as its director until retiring in July 2018. He was named Outstanding U.S. Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Center for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in 2011. In 2012, he was named a Great Lake College Association Teagle Peadagogy Fellow. In 2003 he received the Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award from the American Historical Association, and was recognized for his teaching leadership by the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. In 2001 he was commended by the Government of Chile for “his contributions in helping to restore democracy” in that country.

He blogs at https://steven-volk.blog/.

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more on future trends in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=future+trends

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