Patterns of effective teaching practice for general education and non-general education courses

Abstract

With over a decade of data collection and hundreds of institutional participants in the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE), much can be learned about the engaging educational practices within general education courses at a variety of institution types and educational contexts. In this session, facilitators will use FSSE data to compare the degree to which instructors of general education courses and non-general education courses emphasize various forms of student engagement. Goals of the session include examining these comparisons within different campus or disciplinary contexts, discussing the goals of general education in promoting student engagement, and reflecting on opportunities and challenges in seeking to improve or examine student engagement within general education courses.