Cathy N. Davidson is een baanbrekende denker die zich richt op hoe we leren en hoe dat leren transformeert in het digitale tijdperk. Haar werk onderzoekt innovatieve leervormen en het belang van interdisciplinaire studies om de complexe uitdagingen van onze tijd te begrijpen. Davidson pleit voor nieuwe pedagogische benaderingen die geesteswetenschappen, kunst en wetenschap verbinden om diepere, aanpasbaardere manieren van kennen te bevorderen. Haar visie benadrukt verbonden denken en voortdurende aanpassing in een snel evoluerende wereld.
College still looks like it did a century ago, with instructors delivering lectures to silent rows of students. Yet research shows unambiguously that active learning is more effective and inclusive. The New College Classroom translates the evidence into hands-on guidance for teachers in every discipline and institution, so all students can excel.
How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux
A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past--and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change
"A sumptuous selection of short fiction and poetry. . . . Its invitation to share the passion of women's voices characterizes the entire volume."--"USA Today."
Often funny, sometimes sad, always spirited and evocative, this wonderfully perceptive portrait of Japan is both a revealing look at the seductiveness and disappointments of being a stranger in a strange land and a chronicle of one woman's self-discovery. Line drawings.