Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2013

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2013) 32

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0032.024

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

This chapter investigates the value of the Reacting to the Past pedagogy with regard to engaging first-year students. In recent years, calls to improve student engagement and active learning techniques have grown, and few have been as successful in producing the desired results as Reacting to the Past. This chapter investigates why Reacting is so suc cessful in meeting the goals of high-impact practices that increase student engagement and learning. We also examine how the Reacting pedagogy and first-year seminars encourage problem solving, critical thinking, and writing among students.

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