Learning and Teaching Center (Old)

The LTC, in addition to keeping a sizable print library of books, periodicals, and articles concerning learning and teaching, is now attempting to make available some of those resources on the Web, as well as text copies of some of the talks presented on campus sponsored by the LTC. Below you will find links to articles from our own server, as well as links to external resources. Unfortunately, due to copyright issues, articles for which we have recieved permission to distribute and keep on our own server will be accessible only to computers located on the Carleton computing network. More articles are available at the sites mentioned in the Links section of this site. Enjoy!

Learning and Teaching General Interest

• Conversations about Grading: Problems and Practices. Flyer about a discussion led by St. Olaf's John Walters. Winter 2001
• An Anthropological Pedagogy by James Curtis. An article used in an LTC discussion. Spring 2000
• The Apprentice Model for Teaching Art. Summary of presentation by Fred Hagstrom and Stephen Mohring. Fall 2000
• Principles for retooling courses. From Inventing and Reinventing Courses by Cathy Yandell, Professor of French and Humanities as part of an LTC discussion. Winter 1999
• Learning Principles and Collaborative Action, a short piece on the American Academy for Higher Education's website concerning basic teaching techniques to enhance collaborative learning. Note: The actual article follows a couple screen's worth of text concerning the authoring committee....

Writing

• Defining Ourselves as Writing Teachers. Summary of presentation by Martha Townsend. Spring 2000
• Passing and Moaning: Teacher Complaints about Student Writing. By Richard H. Haswell, Haas Professor of English, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. Copies available in LTC or by email to jcoxjohn@carleton.edu. Fall 2000
• Turning a College Campus into a Writing-Rich Environment. A presentation by David A. Jolliffe. Spring 1999

Multicultural Classrooms

• The Challenges of Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom By Cliff Clark, Director of Cross Cultural Studies, and Petra Crosby, Director of International Students Program. Fall 2000.

Teaching with Technology

• Fair Use. By Andrea Bond, Briggs and Morgan. Winter 2001.
• Distance and Intimacy New Teaching at Carleton. Notes by Les LeCroix on a discussion about distance learning and the structure of ACNS. Spring 1999

Learning Outside the Classroom

• Catching Up With SALT (Student Affairs Leadership Team). By Paul Gaines, Assistant Director of Multicultural Affairs and Angela McLaughlin, Assistant Director of Campus Activities. Winter 2001
• Principles for Integrating Service-Learning Into the Curriculum and a Service-Learning Course Revision Exercise From Learning in Service: Out of the Classroom and into the World by Lissa Staples, Coordinator, Acting in the Community Together (ACT) with Emily Graef '03 and Cara Spaccarelli '02, ACT Service-Learning Student Coordinators. Fall 2000
• Summary of the panel discussion and comments about the off campus study experience. From Ways of Learning Abroad discussion with Susan Jaret McKinstry, Professor of English, with Carleton students returning from study abroad. Winter 1999

Interdisciplinary Courses

• Sexed Bodies, Sexed Science. Commentary from a discussion of a course taught by Matt Rand, Assistant Professor of Biology, and Jennifer Manion, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Spring 2000
• Origins and Mind: An Integrated First-term Learning Experience. A paper by Roy Evelton, Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Studies, Kathleen Galotti, Professor of Psychology, Lloyd Komatsu, Associate Professor of Psychology, Matt Rand, Assistant Professor of Psychology, and Susan Singer, Professor of Biology.

Learning Styles

• Learning and Discussion Styles Among Members of the Class of 2001. The results of a survey by David Davis Van-Atta, Carleton Director for Institutional Research. Fall 1998