Transformative Dialogues: teaching and learning eJournal
Third Issue of Transformative Dialogues - TD.1.3 - March, 2008
This edition is our first international issue and is the products of numerous scholars and reviewers. We hope that you find value in these scholarly works.
Transformative Dialogues is a forum for conversations intended to foster the improvement of adult teaching and learning. TD facilitates the multi-disciplinary exchange of ideas, actions, and results of innovative and professional practice in the scholarship of teaching and learning. These conversations are intended to span a wide range of reflections on the processes of teaching and learning ranging from the scholarly to scholarship. Reflections and understandings shared are focused on improving student and faculty learning, and critical thought processes in their current and future life long learning. We understand that scholarship may play out differently in different disciplines, but the basic principles should be consistent (Boyer, 1992).
Editorial
Change and transition to the scholarship of teaching and learning
Dr. Balbir Kaur Gurm, Editor-in-Chief, Kwantlen University College
Guest editorial
Changing the Way we Think about Learning
Dr. Richard A. Gale, Visiting Scholar, Douglas College
Articles & Essays
Dialogues in Widening Participation
Dr Barry Cooper, The Open University
Maggie Pickering, Independent Researcher & Consultant
Look out! Here come the boomers: Ageism and the apocalyptic demographic
Paul Boissonnault, M.Ed. Candidate, Simon Fraser University
Peer Coaching: Implication for Teaching and Program Improvement
Dr. Victoria Scott, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Dr. Craig Miner, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Beyond the Comfort Zone: Diversity Issues as Catalyst for Student Learning
Dr. Tanya Long Bennett, North Georgia College and State University
Flexible Grouping in the Higher Education Learning Environment
Dr. Laurie Bedford, Capella University and Northcentral University,
Matthew Wiebe, National American University,
Mimi Tschida, Capella University
The Vulnerable Learner: Moving from Middle to Margin in Dietetic Education
Dr. Jacqui Gingras, Ryerson University
Opinion
Information R/Evolution
Dr. Michael Wesch, Kansas State University
VIDEO (Click here to start download...requires Windows Media Player)
Reflections
The classroom and its relationship to culture, scholarship, and faculty review: A reflection
Al Valleau, Kwantlen University College
Enduring Portals of Teaching in a Changing World: A Personal Reflection on My Ps and Cs
Dr. Hamid Akbari, Northeastern Illinois University
Literature Review
Social Change and Diversity Education
Dr. Cathy Bray, Kwantlen University College and Athabasca University
With grateful thanks to the Reviewers for this Issue:
Martin Jenkins, Marianne Poumay, Lynn Taylor, Lesley Hemsworth, Joel Murray, Iain Doherty, Elizabeth Wallace, Dianne Symonds, David Wright, Chris Garrett, Carol Hansen, Betsy Newell Decyk, Balbir Gurm, Alice Macpherson, Al Valleau.
Contact Transformative Dialogues: td@kpu.ca
ISSN 1918-0853