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What Makes a Course Writing-Intensive? (part 1)
Published September 17, 2015 by am2759

What Makes a Course Writing-Intensive? (part 1)

Authors: Philip Kain • Suzanne Menghraj On June 30th and July 1st, 2015, Liberal Studies held a symposium in London, bringing together instructors from nine NYU sites around the globe to…

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Case Study Teaching in Science and Liberal Arts Education
Published September 15, 2015 by am2759

Case Study Teaching in Science and Liberal Arts Education

Author: Kevin Bonney   The case study teaching method, long used in business and medical education to promote critical thinking and active learning, can also be an effective teaching strategy…

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Published September 15, 2015 by am2759

Making the Medieval Mediterranean Vital

Author: Dr Ruchama Johnston-Bloom   Teaching great texts and big ideas from the medieval and early modern periods in Social Foundations II in London, I sense that freshman often do not…

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Hands Across the Water
Published September 15, 2015 by am2759

Hands Across the Water

Authors: Lucy Appert • Afrodesia McCannon • Bob Squillace Because Liberal Studies offers the same required core courses across five different sites around the world, each in a major urban center,…

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