Teaching and Learning the West Point Way (eBook, ePUB)

Educating the Next Generation of Leaders
Redaktion: Ender, Morten G.; Bruhl, Jakob C.; Sondheimer, Rachel M.; Kimball, Raymond A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Teaching and Learning the West Point Way is a unique compendium of the best teaching and learning practices from one of the most celebrated and storied undergraduate teaching and learning environments and institutions in America-the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, U.S.A.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000384055
• Artikelnr.: 61335601

Autorenporträt

Morten G. Ender, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of Diversity & Inclusion Studies, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Raymond A. Kimball, Chief of Faculty Development, U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Rachel M. Sondheimer, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Jakob C. Bruhl, Associate Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Inhaltsangabe

Syllabi 1. Military Leadership: Purpose, Direction, Motivation 2.
Infrastructure Engineering: Appreciating the Art and Science of Our Built
Environment 3. Armed Forces & Society: Thank You for (Y)our Service 4.
Chemical Engineering Lab: Getting Results 5. Entrepreneurial Leadership:
Shark Tank for Warriors 6. Officership: Developing Professional Knowledge,
Identity, and Inspiration
Assignments 7. The Ethics of AI in War: Digital Trigger 8. An Undergraduate
Project to Develop Statistical Thinking and Writing: Iterating to Success
9. A Proflective Writing Assignment in Advanced General Psychology for
Leaders: Letter to the Future Self 10. Harnessing Storytelling to Improve
Students' Scientific Communication: Narrating Science 11. Leadership in
Combat Writing Assignments - In Extremis 12. The Intellectual Giant Model
of Teaching: Sharp-shoot, Integrate, and Apply Teaching Notes 13.
Synthesizing Art, Language, and History: Creating Empathetic Leaders of
Character in the Foreign Language Classroom 14. Simulating Combat Modeling
in Engineering: My Roommate Was Jealous 15. Tapping Feature Films for
Classroom Debates: Transformational or Toxic Leaders? 16. Bringing the
Thayer Method into the 21st Century: T21 17. Peer Assessment and Coaching:
As Iron Sharpens Iron 18. Experiencing Social Class Inequality: Modified
Monopoly 19. Preparing Students to Lead Productive Discussions: Discuss til
they Drop 20. Using Virtual Battlespace Gaming Simulations in the
Classroom: Searching for IEDs in Class 21. Making Leaders at the Group
Level: The Cadet Company 22. Teaching Russian Political Discourse:
Classroom Oral Presentation and Discussion 23. Enhancing Written and Oral
Analysis in a Life Science Course: Literary Biologists 24. Enhancing the
Foreign Language Classroom through Experiential Learning: Connecting and
Reflecting 25. Deliberately Integrating Teaching, Learning, and Assessment:
The Signature Work of the West Point Writing Program 26. Does Active
Learning Translate into Actual Learning in Psychology?: Dog Day Empirical
Articles 27. Developing the Cutting Edge of Assessment Techniques:
Discovery Learning Assessments 28. Understanding Positive Change in
Academic Performance: The Most Improved Student 29. Epistemic Expressions
of Point of View in Russian: A Sample System of Classroom Activities 30.
The Validity of the College Entrance Examination Rank in Predicting Student
Success in Chemical Engineering: Predicting Academic Success 31. An
Investigation on the Effect of Out-Of-Class Assignments on Student
Performance: The Homework Tightrope 32. Memory Recall Exercises: Food for
Thought Interdisciplinary Articles 33. An Interdisciplinary Approach to
Student Understanding of Microbial Diversity: You Are What You Touch 34.
The Impact of the Vertical Writing Surface on Teaching and Learning in
Different Disciplines: The Writing's on the Wall 35. Staff Rides 2.0:
Expanding on an Old Army Tradition Epilogue Teaching and Learning in a
COVID-19 World