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Title | ||
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Finding effective ways to teach non-traditional students: A different model of teaching and learning |
Abstract | ||
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As the education landscape continues to evolve, non-traditional students are becoming a growing number in the demographics of college graduates. Many of these students, including working professionals, adult learners, and first generation college goers, start their education at a community college and later transfer to a four-year institution to finish their bachelor's degree. Juggling multiple commitments such as jobs and family obligations, lack of access to resources and role models, and a K-12 education that often does not reflect a solid foundation, collectively result in a learning experience that does not align or mirror the standard "college experience" of a traditional student. Yet teaching and instruction techniques have remained the same for this population. In this paper, we will share our experience over the past four years in running a bachelor's degree completion program for such non-traditional students. We will address some of the challenges faced by this group and also some of the innovative ways that we have constructed a curriculum that could connect, inspire, and motivate our students. Our long-term goal is to construct a pedagogical methodology that would better be suited for non-traditional students and to provide a support system that ensures their success. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1109/FIE.2014.7044163 | FIE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
stem,continuing education,educational courses,teaching,k-12 education,adult learners,bachelor degree completion program,bachelor's degree,college graduates,community college,education landscape,family obligations,first generation college goers,four-year institution,instruction techniques,nontraditional student teaching,pedagogical methodology,standard college experience,teaching techniques,working professionals,non-traditional students,blended learning,cohort models,sociology,statistics | Population,Community college,Support system,Sociology,Curriculum,Learning experience,Demographics,Mathematics education,Bachelor | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
0190-5848 | 1 | 0.48 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 1 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooshangi, S. | 1 | 1 | 1.50 |