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    CAPE Journal Club – Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes or more?

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    Come join us as we read journal articles pertaining to neuroscience and the scholarship of teaching & learning (SoTL). Stay up on the latest evidence-informed topics and techniques in pedagogy to help you be an effective teacher and facilitator of student-centered learning. This month’s article is “Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes or…

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    Not-Your-Mama’s Journal Club/ CAPE Conversations “Critical Thinking: Why is it so hard to teach?”

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    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…

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    NYMJ Club – Various Ways of Understanding the Concept of Andragogy

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    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…

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    Let’s Toast to Toastmasters!

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    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…