Interested in enhancing your public speaking skills? Join Toastmasters! Toastmasters is an internationally recognized nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills to individuals worldwide. The organization's membership exceeds 300,000 in more than 15,800 clubs in 149 countries. WesternU once had a thriving Toastmasters Club; we would like to reignite that spark once…
This article deals with the concept of andragogy and the understanding of the same from a historical and professional perspective. It also includes a clarification of the difference between European and North American andragogy. Andragogy concerns adult education and learning in some way or another, but, beyond this, the concept is ambiguous. Many perceive it…
Most modern day educators can be heard lamenting that their students don’t know how to “critically think”. The question is “Are we teaching our students how to think critically?”. More importantly, what do we mean we talk about “critical thinking”? This month’s article by Daniel Willingham deals with the topic of Critical Thinking and perspectives…
