GENERAL EDUCATION:
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ME?
STUDENT SUCCESS SEMINAR
AUGUST 5, 2015
TERINA R. LATHE
LEAD, GENERAL EDUCATION
GENERAL EDUCATION AND CORE4 ALIGNMENT TEAM
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH ME?
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How many of you have checked your phone in the last 10 minutes?
How many of you have thought about the 10 things you need to
have done by the end of the day?
How many of you are wondering why you have to sit through this,
because obviously, you have more important and pressing things
to do? You know...stuff that MATTERS?
How many of you are wondering, what does that have to do with
ME?
And how many of you have had the fleeting thought that this is all
a waste of time, just something that I had to do, because someone
said I had to do it?
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ALL THIS?
EDUCATION
PRICE/COST
THE “COSTS” OF EDUCATION
FAMILY
JOBS
MONEY
ALIGNMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION
AND CORE4
JUSTIFY, ARTICULATE, AND
DOCUMENT WHAT WE
ALREADY KNOW IS GOOD, AND
VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT
ABOUT EDUCATION
IN A WAY THAT CONNECTS TO
A STUDENT’S LIFE,
EDUCATIONAL GOALS, AND
CAREER ASPIRATIONS
GENERAL
EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT
CORE4
General Education Purpose Statement
The purpose of General Education, as a program within all
other programs, is to provide students a core education
required for continued success in higher education and/or
the workforce.
This core education may be attained through a variety of
courses and disciplines, which in summation, challenge
students to attain a specified competency in critical thinking,
written communication, and oral communication.
All studies of programs
require a "set" of General
Education courses.
Going forth, this set of
General Education courses,
will be identified as the
General Education Program.
AS A PROGRAM, within all programs,
the General Education Program:
Provides an
Provides appropriate
Provides discipline
articulated and
assignments and
integrated
specific knowledge
assessments that
and skill sets, which
understanding of
clearly articulate a
how the course, as
expand
General Education
understanding of and representative of the
goal (critical thinking,
ability to interact in a General Education
written
Program, supports
diverse and global
communication, or
society.
educational and/or
oral communication)
career goals
BACK TO THE STUDENT
WHY DO I HAVE
TO TAKE THIS
CLASS?
WHAT DOES
THIS CLASS
HAVE TO DO
WITH ME?
HOW IS THIS
CLASS GOOD
FOR ME?
WHY DO I HAVE TO TAKE THIS CLASS?
The General Education program includes classes from a variety of disciplines, and of course,
each course within a discipline offers specific and amazing information and skill.
What we have to do for
our students is to be able
to articulate the following:
PURPOSE of this class
SIGNIFICANCE of this class
HOW this is taught?
HOW this is learned?
THIS is evidence of having attained said
learning
THIS is how I will collect (and how you
may collect and show) said learning
WHAT DOES THIS CLASS HAVE TO DO
WITH ME?
Courses in the General Education Program can often seem disassociated with
one another.
What we have to do for
our students is to
articulate the following:
This class, in addition to disciplinespecific knowledge and skills,
provides a GENERAL EDUCATION
Learning Outcome
• Written Communication, Oral Communication
or Critical Thinking
The General Education Learning
Outcome will be taught this way (x),
learned this way (y), and assessed
this way (z).
HOW IS THIS CLASS GOOD FOR ME?
Think about it...what does a sociology course offer someone working in a computer science, healthcare, or automotive field? SOC
210 (Introduction to Sociology) is a course in the General Education Program. Sociology happens to be what I teach, and love, and
live, and breathe, but if I can't explain how this is beneficial in any field, than I am not doing right by my students.
What we have to do for
our students is to
articulate the following:
How the General
Education Learning
Outcome aligned with
this course is beneficial.
How it is important
for any college/career
goal.
PLACEMENT IN CURRICULUM
GENERAL
CORE4
CORE4
ALL
GEN-ED
WITHIN ALL PROGRAMS
ALL PROGRAMS
ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS
RELATIONSHIP
• GENERAL EDUCATION GOALS TAKE THE STUDENT
FROM POINT A TO POINT B
• CORE4 TAKES THE STUDENT FROM POINT B TO
POINT C
GEN-ED
CRITICAL THINKING
CORE4
COMING YEAR...
GOING
FORTH
• SELECTION OF COURSES
• ATTACHMENT OF GOAL
TO COURSE
• DISCUSSION OF KEY
INDICATORS
• POLICY/PROCEDURES
• ASSESSMENT
• ALIGNMENT WITH
CORE4
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?
EVERYTHING...AND
NOTHING
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO
DO WITH HOW WE
PROVIDE AN ETHICAL AND
WORTHY EDUCATION TO
OUR STUDENTS
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH YOU, BECAUSE IT
ISN’T ABOUT US...IT IS
ABOUT OUR STUDENTS