Enhanced%20Learning%20Through%20Engagement,%20Discovery,%20and%20Transformation

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Enhanced Learning ThroughEngagement, Discovery,
and Transformation

• K. Paige Carmichael
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Presented to
• 2007 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
• Unicoi State Park and Conference Center
• March 30, 2007

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From this
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to this!
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Teaching or facilitating learning?

• Learning is what happens when a student engages
  with an idea, discovers how an idea works and
  transforms their world with it.

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Engagement

• Students retain
• 20 of what they read
• 40 of what they see and hear
• 80 of what they discover for themselves

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Characteristics of Engaged Teaching

• Collaborative
• Problem-based
• Interdisciplinary
• Respectful
• Students, faculty,
• and community as
• teachers as well as
• learners

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Double Dapple Dachshund Dilemma
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Medico-legal/forensic cases
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Dual degree programs

• DVM/PhD
• DVM/MPH

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Diversity

• The students world is fuller when its
  diversevariety is richness

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• "The University should be a community that helps
• students go beyond their own private interests,
• learn about the world around them, develop a
• sense of civic and social responsibility, and
• discover how they, as individuals can contribute
• to the larger society of which they are a part."
• (Boyer, 1987)

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Diversity

• Know the diverse backgrounds of our students and
  their implications for learning
• Identify curricular, teaching and assessment
  practices that promote learning for all
• Draw upon the diversity of our students to
  enhance and enrich the learning of all
• Recognize existing inequities, and promote an
  equitable, inclusive and respectful climate for
  learning

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Learning through discovery

• In veterinary medicine, tussle between
• allowing the student to undertake that journey of
  scientific inquiry and discovery
• the need to impart a certain amount of required
  knowledge to become practicing veterinarians
• Areas of emphasis
• Electives
• Externships
• Study abroad opportunities

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Learning is the evolution of consciousness, and
Universities are learning communities that foster
that evolution
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Transformation

• Education is a process that is incomplete until
  communicated
• First they learn ideas
• Then knowledge of subject
• -Then they can communicate what they know

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Dog Doctors Outreach Program
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Questions?