CEHD News

The CEHD is proud to announce the following faculty members were selected to be a part of the Ideas to Action (i2a) Faculty Learning Communities:
Todd Brown, EDTL
Betty Doyle, EDTL
Richard Fee, HSS
Karen Karp, EDTL
Alexis Lyras, HSS
Sheri Moore, EDTL
Kathleen Rudasill, ECPY
Gina Schack, EDTL
Christine Sherretz, EDTL
Shelley Thomas, EDTL

“We thank them for serving as leaders in the University’s i2a critical thinking initiative,” stated Blake Haselton, Dean of the CEHD.

Ideas to Action:Using Critical Thinking to Foster Student Learning and Community Engagement (i2a), is a multi-year year effort, required by accrediting organizations, to promote meaningful transformation of the university’s undergraduate programs and build infrastructure to sustain these innovations.

The program is designed to enhance student’s critical thinking skills through curricular activities and assessments. Students are required to demonstrate these skills in a culminating experience such as a thesis, service learning project, internship or capstone project.

A component of i2a is the Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) which allows faculty members to engage in cross-disciplinary dialogue and structured activities related to i2a goals and outcomes.

Faculty across the University compete to be part of the FLC. Members are selected based on their demonstration of commitment to quality teaching and deepening their understanding and use of the critical thinking model.