Teaching to Promote Intellectual and Personal Maturity: Incorporating Students Worldviews and Identities into the Learning Process (Issue 82: New Dire
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Revealing that it is not what students think, but rather how theythink that is important to the learning process, the contributorsto this issue explore the full-range of cognitive and emotionaldimensions that influence how individuals learn--and they describeteaching practices for building on these to help students developintellectually and personally. They examine how students' uniqueunderstanding of their individual experience, themselves, and theways knowledge is constructed can mediate learning. They look atthe influence of gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation inshaping the learning process and examine how to create a culturallyresponsive learning environment for both students and faculty. Theissue also explores the role of service learning in developing astrong sense of the caring self, examines the opportunities andchallenges of expressing cultural identity in the learningcommunity, and offers various strategies for linking learning goalsto students' views of knowledge.

This is the 82nd volume in the Jossey-Bass series NewDirections for Teaching and Learning

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MARCIA B. BAXTER MAGOLDA is professor of educational leadership at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

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1. Meaning-Making in the Learning and Teaching Process(MichaelIgnelzi).

2. Learning to Make Reflective Judgments(Patricia M. King).

3. Toward a More Connected Vision of Higher Education (BlytheMcVicker Clinchy).

4. Democratic Citizenship and Service Learning: Advancing theCaring Self(Robert A. Rhoads).

5. Creating a Culturally Responsive Learning Environment forAfrican American Students(Mary F. Howard-Hamilton).

6. Identity Development of High-Ability Black Collegians (SharonFries-Britt).

7. Expressing Cultural Identity in the Learning Community:Opportunities and Challenges (Anna M. Ortiz).

8. Creating a Positive Learning Environment for Gay, Lesbian,and Bisexual Students(Nancy J. Evans).

9. Teaching to Promote Holistic Learning and Development(MarciaB. Baxter Magolda).
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