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Academic Talk. Dr. Amal Mougharbel Patricia Wiggin ITU Spring Semester February 3, 2013. Today’s Agenda. Mattering Theory Introduction-10 minutes Student Outreach Program-30 minutes Course Student Learning Outcome Essays-guidelines and ideas-45 minutes

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Academic Talk

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  1. Academic Talk Dr. AmalMougharbel Patricia Wiggin ITU Spring Semester February 3, 2013

  2. Today’s Agenda Mattering Theory Introduction-10 minutes Student Outreach Program-30 minutes Course Student Learning Outcome Essays-guidelines and ideas-45 minutes Suggestions for next Academic Talk meeting—15 minutes

  3. Mattering Theory Background Research, 1979, Morris Rosenberg and B. Claire McCullough Sampled 6,500 junior high and high school adolescents in state of NY, IL, MD The degree to which we matter to others Do we count in others’ lives? Are we of concern and importance to other? Rosenberg and McCullough theorized “mattering” resulted from: a) feeling they were object of importance, b) feeling they were ego extension, and c) feeling dependence from parents. Not just positive interactions, critical ones too.

  4. Studies in Higher Education Schlossberg, 1989 college students ~ association between college relationships and feeling they mattered; few relationships left feeling unimportant-- resulted in marginality. Schlossberg studied effects on university student growth and accomplishment, social and academic life experience. Theorized the more significant relationships, feeling they are important, students feel they matter, more invested in institution.

  5. University Studies 2012 dissertation, Sumner, interviewed students and collected perceptions of mattering Grouped findings into: nurture, recognition, student involvement, campus environment, leadership opportunities and spiritual connectedness. Mattering came from faculty interactions and conversations with advisors (“practitioners of mattering”) Cyclical aspect: students leaders, made to feel important, turn around and help others

  6. Caring Caring as a Professional Disposition Other scholars such as NelNoddings (1988) and Lisa Goldstein conceptualize caring as a process. They argue caring is an ethic, or a moral value, that teachers communicate to students through their selection of curriculum, their planning of a lesson, their establishment of classroom norms, and their interactions with students. As a faculty: students whom we help feel they matter to us: Sense of mattering contributes to confidence, determination, retention, commitment, achievement.

  7. Caring Identify student efforts and support co-curricular participation Students are likely to do well in college if involved in college-related activities Every student who walks in the classroom door will be positively or negatively affected by way of our behavior. By warmly welcoming a student, making him/her a priority, and successfully meeting his/her needs--we have shown him/her that he/she matters to us and to the college

  8. ITU Student Outreach Program-Mattering Knowing what we know about helping students to feel they matter Creating an ITU Program for students Determining students who are struggling or failing

  9. Student Outreach Program Goal ~ if students know ITU and faculty are concerned about them, they will feel they matter to institution Encourage students in academic and extracurricular activities Use Outreach Program to stay in touch throughout their ITU life and afterward Consider outreach “graduates” as leaders to help other students

  10. Student Outreach Plan--Process First -- gather students names with D- grades Send message to students, set up meeting Student meet confidentially with Business Department Project Coordinator (Charitha) Establish issues --understand needs and perceptions Student meet with Outreach Committee member (handout) Support with tools (example: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/ Members continue meeting with students one-on-one, follow and guide student

  11. Discussion on Student Outreach Ideas and feedback from faculty Any faculty interested in participating in this program? Any program name change suggestions?

  12. CSLO Essays • Review purpose of CSLO essay • CSLO : each instructor generates 5-7 student learning outcomes for their course • Matrix CSLOs to support ITU ILO’s and PLOs • Purpose of CSLO essays: using benchmark objectives from course, students demonstrate learning through writing and reflecting • Essay formats: see samples in handout

  13. Handouts Student Outreach Program Process Sample CSLOs

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