Kellogg Institute Developmental Education 101

1. Kellogg InstituteDevelopmental Education 101 Hunter R. Boylan, Ph.D. Presenter

2. Developmental Education is… • A continuum of services ranging from remedial courses to GRE preparation, • guided by the principles of adult development and learning, • and serving underprepared college students.

3. The Field of Developmental Education Encompasses…

4. Developmental EducationPrinciples

5. Accept students where they are and move them as far as they can go.

6. Assume that all students have the potential for growth.

7. Facilitate the transfer of knowledge to new learning situations.

8. Increase cognitive self-awareness.

9. Encourage students to gradually accept responsibility for their own learning.

10. Recognize that learning also includes affective development.

11. Envision every student as a potential graduate of your institution.

12. Questions, Comments, Observations

13. Activity One • Share and discuss with the person next to you one thing you do as an administrator, instructor, learning specialist, or counselor, that is consistent with these principles.

14. Developmental Education Principles • Accept students where they are and move them as far as they can go. • Assume that all students have potential for growth. • Facilitate transfer of knowledge to new learning situations. • Increase cognitive self-awareness. • Encourage students to gradually accept responsibility for their own learning. • Recognize that learning also includes affective development. • Envision all students as potential graduates.

15. A Brief Historyof DevelopmentalEducation

16. Developmental Education - History 1841 – First College Preparatory Department established at the U. of Missouri. 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act passed. 1889 – ACE reports that 80% of U.S. colleges & universities have “preparatory programs.” 1890 – College Board Founded

17. Developmental Education - History 1944 – GI Bill passed. 1965 – Higher Education Act passed. 1968 – CRLA founded as Western College Reading Association. 1976 – NADE founded as NARDSPE.

18. Developmental Education - History 1976 – NCDE Founded. 1980 – Kellogg Institute Founded. 1996 – First National Conference on Research in Developmental Education. 1996 – ACDEA Founded.

19. Developmental Education - History 2003 – NCES reports that 80% of U.S. colleges and universities still have developmental programs. 2004 – Lumina funded “Achieving the Dream” Project established. 2009 – Gates “Developmental Education Initiative” funded.

20. Questions, Comments, Observations

21. Developmental Education – The Field • A field of research, • A field of study, • A field of practice.

22. K. Patricia Cross says… • Research without practice is empty, • Practice without research is blind.

23. Research/Practice Pyramid

24. Association ATP NADE CRLA NCLCA Journal Journal of Developmental Education – NADE Digest Journal of College Reading and Learning Learning Assistance Review Developmental Education – The Profession

25. Developmental Education – The Profession NCDE

26. Developmental Education – The Profession • 75% of universities offer developmental courses. • 100% of community colleges offer developmental courses. • 80% of all colleges and universities have learning centers.

27. Developmental Education – The Profession • Approximately 2,000,000 college students participate in developmental education each year. • Approximately 40,000 full-time and 60,000 adjunct faculty teach developmental courses.

28. Professionals… • Belong to professional associations, • Read the research in the field, • Use the research to guide practice, • Are “scholar-practitioners,” • Are accountable for what they do.

29. Questions, Comments, Observations

30. Classroom EtiquetteAKA – “Rules of Engagement” What rules of etiquette will make everyone’s classroom experience more profitable?

31. Classroom Etiquette

32. Classroom Etiquette

33. Thank You!