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HUMAN ARCHITECTURE
Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge


Volume VII • Issue 1 • Winter 2009

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Teaching Transformations 2009

Contributions from the Annual Conferences of the
New England Center for Inclusive Teaching (NECIT) and the
Center for the Improvement of Teaching (CIT) at UMass Boston

Journal Editor:
Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, UMass Boston

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Issue Co-Editors:

Jay R. Dee,
UMass Boston
Vivian Zamel, UMass Boston

This Winter 2009 (VII, 1) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self- Knowledge, entitled "Teaching Transformations 2009" and dedicated to the chronicling of representative experiences of teaching transformation in the New England area and elsewhere, brings together selected proceedings of the annual conferences of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching (CIT) and the New England Center for Inclusive Teaching (NECIT) recently held at UMass Boston. The first seven studies in the issue were gathered through the conference activities of NECIT. The second series of articles emerged from the conversations and presentations at the annual CIT conference at UMass Boston. The contributions have a common interest in advancing teaching and learning practices that transform the self and the world in favor of more just, inclusive, and participatory outcomes. The editors believe that the most central and distinguishing defining features of NECIT and CIT, i.e., the three-fold concerns with promoting pedagogical reflexivity, student learning empathy, and faculty agency, are well advocated for and respresented in the papers shared in this volume. Contributors include: Jay R. Dee, Vivian Zamel, Cheryl J. Daly, Maria Natalicia Rocha-Tracy, Darlene Ferguson-Russell, John Fobanjong, Patricia White, LeeAnn Griggs, Sally Barney, Janet Brown-Sederberg, Elizabeth Collins, Susan Keith, Lisa Iannacci, Kimberly Smirles, Ann Wetherilt, Melanie Murphy, Elijah Patterson, Janet D. Johnson, Elizabeth H. Rowell, Mary Ball Howkins, Duane Wright, Wayne-Daniel Berard, Alexandria Hallam, Anne Geiwitz, Matthew R. Kerzner, Angelika Festa, and Mohammad Tamdgidi.


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ISBN-13: 978-1-888024-55-5 eBook PDF
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ISSN: 1540-5699
Number of Pages: 152
Publisher: Okcir Press (2009 pb) (2012 eb)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7x10 inches


Contents
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Teaching Transformations 2009

Contributions from the Annual Conferences of the
New England Center for Inclusive Teaching (NECIT) and the
Center for the Improvement of Teaching (CIT) at UMass Boston


vii—Editors’ Note: NECIT, CIT, and Teaching Transformations 2009
Issue Co-Editors: Jay R. Dee and Vivian Zamel
Journal Editor: Mohammad Tamdgidi, UMass Boston


From the New England Center for Inclusive Teaching (NECIT)

1—Innovative Models for Organizing Faculty Development Programs:
Pedagogical Reflexivity, Student Learning Empathy, and Faculty Agency

Jay R. Dee, University of Massachusetts Boston; and Cheryl J. Daly, Western Carolina University

23—Encounters between Immigrant Students and U.S. Urban Universities
Maria Natalicia Rocha-Tracy, Boston University

35—From Juicy to Rooftop and Other Lines in Between:
Teaching Remedial Reading to First Year College Students

Darlene Ferguson-Russell, William Paterson University

49—Beyond the Single Classroom: The Paired Dimension in Inclusive Teaching
John Fobanjong and Patricia White, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

55—Varying Pedagogy to Address Student Multiple Intelligences
LeeAnn Griggs, Sally Barney, Janet Brown-Sederberg, Elizabeth Collins, Susan Keith and
Lisa Iannacci, Massasoit Community College

61—Transgender Realities: Student Lives and Community Challenges
Kimberly Smirles, Ann Wetherilt, Melanie Murphy and Elijah Patterson, Emmanuel College

75—Teacher Candidates’ Critical Conversations:
The Online Forum as an Alternative Pedagogical Space

Janet D. Johnson, Rhode Island College

From the Center for the Improvement of Teaching (CIT)

87—Promoting Dialogue on the Transgender Experience in
College Courses through Films and Literature

Elizabeth H. Rowell, Rhode Island College

93—Teaching Cultural Competence in Print Advertising:
Postmodern Ads and Multi-Race Clothing Models

Mary Ball Howkins, Rhode Island College

99—The Latino Immigrant Labor Experience as Depicted in Film
Duane Wright, University of Massachusetts Boston

105—Meditation as Teaching and Learning Tool: Theory, Practice, and Testimony
Wayne-Daniel Berard, Alexandria Hallam, Anne Geiwitz, Matthew R. Kerzner, Nichols College

115—Teaching Critical Thinking to Freshman Writers by
Engaging Contemporary Artists’ Work

Angelika Festa, Massachusetts College of Art and Design