Topic

Technology and Teaching, Innovative Teaching Strategies, Retention/High-Impact Practices, Critical Thinking

Other Topic

critical research; critical listening; critical reading

Session Abstract

The value of a 21st-century college education comes from the expectation that college graduates are cognitively prepared to deal with complexity, change, and diversity through the application of transferable and practical skills such as written and oral communication and analytic problem-solving. Winthrop University’s General Education Core, consisting of three specific courses completed by all students, provides a shared intellectual experience for students and equips them with powerful, college-level tools in critical reading, critical thinking, and academic writing. Moreover, the Core cultivates valuable academic habits of mind that are particularly valuable in a today’s dynamic world where college graduates are expected to be intellectually engaged and intellectually curious, display intellectual humility, engage in critical analysis, and exhibit rhetorical awareness. These academic habits of mind are necessary for substantive, deep learning as students learn to engage in academic, professional, and social discourse, and these traits must be taught and reinforced in deliberate, intentional ways in the college classroom. This panel will highlight three key academic skills – critical research, critical listening, and critical reading – and will provide practical strategies to help students learn to cultivate academic habits of mind to become not only successful students, but also successful 21st-century citizens.

Keywords

intellectual habits of mind; critical research; critical listening; critical reading

Location

West Center 217

Start Date

24-3-2017 2:15 PM

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Cultivating Academic Habits of Mind: Key Skills for Collegiate Success

West Center 217

The value of a 21st-century college education comes from the expectation that college graduates are cognitively prepared to deal with complexity, change, and diversity through the application of transferable and practical skills such as written and oral communication and analytic problem-solving. Winthrop University’s General Education Core, consisting of three specific courses completed by all students, provides a shared intellectual experience for students and equips them with powerful, college-level tools in critical reading, critical thinking, and academic writing. Moreover, the Core cultivates valuable academic habits of mind that are particularly valuable in a today’s dynamic world where college graduates are expected to be intellectually engaged and intellectually curious, display intellectual humility, engage in critical analysis, and exhibit rhetorical awareness. These academic habits of mind are necessary for substantive, deep learning as students learn to engage in academic, professional, and social discourse, and these traits must be taught and reinforced in deliberate, intentional ways in the college classroom. This panel will highlight three key academic skills – critical research, critical listening, and critical reading – and will provide practical strategies to help students learn to cultivate academic habits of mind to become not only successful students, but also successful 21st-century citizens.