Teaching Portfolio by Jennifer McDowell

The Future: Generation Z

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"I knew I needed to learn more. So I went online to find answers..." Jack Andraka

Professional Manifesto: “He who moves not forward, goes backward” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

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My teaching philosophy evolves in response to new experiences and fresh influences. In this swirl of constant change, my purpose is firm: I prepare students to be, actively.

Inspiration: Dave Eggars

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Creativity and the dilemma of constraints

Transformative Learning Starts with a Disorienting Dilemma

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“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes "What the hell is water?” ~ David Foster Wallace

Inspiration: Inge Druckrey

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Teaching and learning at unusual attitudes.

Inspiration: Ken Robinson

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The system is broken.

Curriculum Vitae

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Major Course Revision

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How I re-imagined the fundamentals of marketing

Bon Mots

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Performance Review

Professional Development Plan

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Collection, validation, and expression, and relevance in an online environment.

Reflection on Teaching Practice

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Sample Syllabus

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Setting expectations & inspiring purpose

Look Over Here with those X-ray Glasses

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Student evaluations

The Socratic Method

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"Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied" John Stuart Mill

Inspiration: Seeing with Josef Albers

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Color perceptions are co-created: a metaphor for teaching and learning.

Sample Lesson Plan

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Putting theory into practice

Knowledge without application is dead, and teaching without learning is the crime.

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21st Century Teaching Tools

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Learning in 6-second increments

Who says that graduates are ready?

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A 2012 McKinsey study shows differing perceptions of graduates' readiness for the job market. We need to close the gap.

What, exactly, are they ready for?

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Less than what some believe.

Instructional methods should serve learning to be, actively

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Every. Single. Moment.

Let's be clear; Employment is never the priority

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even though social and cultural security depend upon a thriving economy.

Instructional imperative: Bring the world into the classroom

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So we did, with the Minnesota School of Martial Arts (sample of student work).

The Learning Community

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Grounded in rules, reflection, collaboration, and discovery, learning communities work best when expectations are explicit and clear, and subjects are mysterious and wicked.

Statement of Professional Ethics

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Designing transformative learning experiences that enable student success

Course Design using IDEA

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To know, do, or be: What is the purpose of an undergraduate education?

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