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LIVING ROOM LEARNING How FoE Turned One Institution Upside Down February 17, 2012
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How FoE Turned One Institution Upside Down February 17, 2012. Living Room Learning. The Cottage Classroom. All Students – Honors Program We Make the Road by Walking – Paulo Freire and Myles Horton and C. S. Lewis Terry O’Bannion Mark Taylor What the Best College Teachers Do SACS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Living Room Learning
Living Room Learning
How FoE Turned One Institution Upside DownFebruary 17, 2012
The Cottage ClassroomBackgroundAll Students Honors ProgramWe Make the Road by Walking Paulo Freire and Myles Horton and C. S. LewisTerry OBannionMark TaylorWhat the Best College Teachers DoSACSWhat Do You Want the Learning Experience to Look Like?
The Honors Classroom
The Honors LoungePhilosophyNobility and EducationThe most important person in the classroom is not the teacher.Facts are a waste of time.We do not employ teachers; we employ learning partners.Every person in class is an adult.The students own their educational experience.
DesignConverting a classroom Designing living space for 25 peopleMaintaining technologyCreating a homey environmentWheres the teacher supposed to stand?How do the students take tests?Whats the cost?
Faculty SupportSelect Faculty to request roomDiscussion over learning strategiesProfessional development It takes more work to do less teachingFaculty organizational skills are criticalYoull never get yourself in trouble for failing, only for failing to try something new
Outcomes
31% of faculty utilizing room12 classes a week in roomPlans for a lodgeDrop/Add students100% completion in first Fall with 20 page research paperStudent Responses
