| This showcase features the curricular transformation
of two Journalism courses, Journalism 190, Introduction to
Mass Media, and Journalism 309, Editing. It chronicles
the work done over several years by Dr. Tim Pilgrim,
Associate Professor in Western Washington University's Journalism
Department, and exhibits some examples of student learning. |
The Introduction to Microeconomics course
provides an overview of the modern market economy as a system
for dealing with the problem of scarcity. Over the years, Dr.
Matthew Roelofs has incorporated a number of innovations
into his teaching, including allowing students to actively participate
in economics experiments during the class. These experiments
help the students gain a deeper understanding of complex economic
principles. |
| Art History 220, Survey of Western Art, was created to provide
students with an overview of the arts from pre-historic Europe
to ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Rome and the Middle
Ages in Ireland, Great Britian, and Europe. When Professor
Linda Smeins teaches this course, her students are introduced
to questions about society and culture that teach skills in
critical thinking, conceptualization and theorization. In her
course, art history becomes the study of visual culture--the
production of meanings in a society. |
This showcase features the teaching of Dr. Thor
Hansen, then Chair of the Geology Department at Western
Washington University. His unusual teaching style, coupled
with his flair for instruction and requirement that his students
be "noisy" and "engaged", are presented
in this showcase. |
