Charles P. Seeley Grand Canyon University The Leadership Center (Honduras) doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.1 Honduras is the second poorest country in Central America. Historically and traditionally, the Honduran culture is characterized by machismo, the societal domination of females by males. Poverty, homicide, high unemployment and chronic underemployment, drug and gang violence, and single mother-led households are facts of…Continue Reading Educating Change Agents: Teaching Leading Change to Young Honduran Women
Development of a Virtual Faculty Network Using Flipgrid
Maria Quimba Grand Canyon University Pascale Lee Grand Canyon University doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.2 The new landscape of contingent employment in higher education has presented unique challenges for educational institutions preparing working professionals to assume roles as educators. Unlike their traditional counterparts, adjunct faculty possess disciplinary knowledge and expertise but lack formal, academic preparation for teaching (Anderson, 2009;…Continue Reading Development of a Virtual Faculty Network Using Flipgrid
Preparing Psychology Undergraduates for the Future
Laura R. Terry Grand Canyon University Laura Chesniak-Phipps Grand Canyon University doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.3 The American Psychological Association (APA) separates student learning outcomes into two categories: foundational and baccalaureate. Foundational outcomes are generally built into the lower level course curriculum of the major and typically include an introductory course as well as a methods course (American Psychological…Continue Reading Preparing Psychology Undergraduates for the Future
A Professional Profile of an Award Winning Instructional Team
Shelley Evans Wake Technical Community College Cynthia Bowers Wake Technical Community College Chris Roddenberry Wake Technical Community College doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.4 A collaborative effort between members of an instructional design team is the focus of this co-authored professional profile. The purpose of the collaboration was to design a unique and pedagogically sound online general psychology course, with…Continue Reading A Professional Profile of an Award Winning Instructional Team
Teaching Analytical Instrumental Analysis to Undergraduates in Specialized Degree Programs with Heterogeneous Prior Knowledge: Reflections on Inquiry Based Lecture Activities
Kirsten A Tucker Florida State University Peter L. Pingerelli Grand Canyon University doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.5 An adjunct faculty member and graduate instructional assistant (GIA) introduced inquiry-based activities into a 20-student undergraduate analytical instrumental analysis (AIA) lecture course, and reflect on their teaching assumptions, practices and experiences. The increased need for interdisciplinary scientific programs now has an AIA…Continue Reading Teaching Analytical Instrumental Analysis to Undergraduates in Specialized Degree Programs with Heterogeneous Prior Knowledge: Reflections on Inquiry Based Lecture Activities
Reflective Practice on Social Loafing in College-Level Group Projects
Dalia Sherif University of Houston-Downtown doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.6 While reflecting on my teaching strategies and researching social loafing for my dissertation, I realized this endeavor has given me a stronger grasp of the pedagogical approaches to facilitate cooperative learning. Observing, sharing, and reflecting on specific social loafing experiences using Gibbs’ reflective framework allowed me, with time, to…Continue Reading Reflective Practice on Social Loafing in College-Level Group Projects
Professional Profile: Facilitating Research Education to Research-Naïve, Healthcare Professionals
Sophia R. Miranda Grand Canyon University doi: 10.9743/JSE.2018.1.2.7 Having available research education for novice researchers and other healthcare professionals not currently in the field, allows them to gain knowledge of federal regulations and guidelines associated with conducting human subject research in a healthcare setting. Research education also provides optimal procedures to conduct a successful research…Continue Reading Professional Profile: Facilitating Research Education to Research-Naïve, Healthcare Professionals