Pedagogy Matters

A national network of scholars, campus leaders, and civic leaders committed to strengthening democracy in and through higher education.

Mentioned by Jammer in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto as a potential collaborator to promote public dialogue.

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DW mentions in Pedagogy Matters! Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action.

on YouTube. A one minute animation about climate change and energy from WWF-Brazil.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

Carrie Glaser; Shae Issaacs; Jon Merrow; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); Learning Matters, etc. New York, NY; Learning Matters, Inc; Alexandria, VA: Distributed by PBS Home Video (2007). Documentary explores the paradoxes of the nation's 1200 community colleges.

Mentioned by L.H. in Developing a Pedagogy Matters Manifesto.

U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Groups (PIRGs) is an advocate for the public interest.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC). This page highlights the Digital Media & Learning Competition. Winners are making a difference in 21st century learning.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

A national public policy initiative to improve developmental studies in postsecondary education.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

Slideshare presentation by Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Communications Director South Carolina State Library

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

A project of Global Voices Online. Goal is to build a global anti-censorship network of bloggers and online activists.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change: movement building: A place to share learning about nonprofits and social media, ROI, culture change, strategy, and more

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

Mashable.com is a very popular site for learning more about important social media tools, with information on trends, lists (e.g. 11 Essential Social Media Resources You Might Have Missed), and how-tos, included guides to Twitter and Facebook.

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

By Anthony S. Bryk in Phi Delta Kappan April 2009, vol 90 (8), pp. 597-600. Bryk, president of the Carnegie Foundation, argues for a "Design, Educational Engineering, and Development infrastructure...." Abstract available on this page. Full text by subscription. Check with your local library; they might be able to obtain it for you through interlibrary loan.

Dan Meyer video lecture on TED.com, posted May 2010.

Posted to the thread Instructional Strategies: Contextualization, when looking at the issue of teaching word problems as part of math class.

A project of LaGuardia Community College's Center for Teaching and Learning. Project Quantum Leap (PQL) seeks to develop new lessons and courses that focus on problem-solving and to integrate these into the developmental math curriculum. See lagcc tag for related bookmarks.

Mentioned in the Contextualization thread, as an example of a program that allows students to learn within the context of "real world" projects like the environment and climate change.

Produced by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Division of Information Technology at LaGuardia Community College, part of The City University of new York. September 2010. Includes profiles of the student body (general and entering students), enrollment profile, and demographics about degrees earned.

Part of the Contextualization discussion, backing up the statistic that, at LaGuardia, more students need developmental math than writing.

By Tom Stoppard, published by Samuel French, 1993. This is the worldcat record, which will direct you to other editions and formats, as well as help you to find Arcadia in a library near you.

Mentioned in the context of blending math and English in order to improved contextualization. When the instructor teaches this play in her English class, she has a math instructor join her to discuss fractals and their relevance to math.

On YouTube, posted July 2007. Episode 1 of Def Poetry Jam. Mali's poem looks at the role of the teacher. For related work by Taylor Mali, follow the mali tag.

Part of the Passion thread (Faculty Skills and Attributes), this video was included on the poster's own teaching blog and, for him, exemplifies passion.

Part of Phil Taylor's Web Site, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. This is an excerpt from his book, The Fine Art of Propaganda: A Study of Father Coughlin's Speeches by The Institute for Propaganda Analysis, and published in 1939.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

An online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2008, presented by the Museum of the Moving Image.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.