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Bridging the Gap Between the Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom: The Academic Leap

Bridging the Gap Between the Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom: The Academic Leap. Presenters: Elizabeth Walsh & Jen Van Ewyk. Agenda. Brainstorm Preparing for Class In-Class Self Reflection Your Turn Wrap Up & Questions. Brainstorm. What’s an undergraduate classroom like?

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Bridging the Gap Between the Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom: The Academic Leap

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  1. Bridging the Gap Between the Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom: The Academic Leap Presenters: Elizabeth Walsh & Jen Van Ewyk

  2. Agenda • Brainstorm • Preparing for Class • In-Class • Self Reflection • Your Turn • Wrap Up & Questions

  3. Brainstorm What’s an undergraduate classroom like? What’s a graduate classroom like?

  4. Preparing for Class Graduate Homework assignments Worksheets Study guides Short papers Group work Reading (200+ pages per week) In-class facilitation Group work Presentations Papers (!) Undergraduate

  5. In-Class Graduate Lecture style Take copious notes Listen to professor talk about course material Professor is likely standing at the front Take exams Shorter class periods Memorization of material Discussion-based Take some notes Discuss material Participate in self-reflection 3-hour class periods Critical thinking Professor joins in on conversation and sits at student level Undergraduate

  6. Self-Reflection • What is it? • Why is self-reflection important? • How do you do it? • Self-authorship • External definition • Crossroads • Internal definition King & Magolda, 2011, p. 211

  7. Your Turn • You are a first-year graduate student in a Student Affairs in Higher Education program at your first-choice institution. As a part of your first semester course load, you are taking a Foundations of Student Affairs course. One of the articles you must read for this week is “What Counts as ‘Essential’ Knowledge for Student Affairs Educators?” You also have three more articles to read for this particular class, nevermind the other courses you’re enrolled in. You also have to complete the “Where I’m From” assignment, which requires a good amount of intrapersonal reflection. • READY, GO! • 10 minutes to read • 10 minutes for assignment • 10 minute discussion

  8. Questions?

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