Internships and growth – one student’s story Rachel Eager UA’18 and Jim Stellar This is Rachel’s story. We work together this summer in a small group doing literature research into how experiential education activities can promote the development of women … Continued
My Year in the CUNY Service Corps Naomi Ducat QC’16 and Jim Stellar Naomi just finished writing a short paper on a different topic for another section of this website, but I had to ask her to write this blog … Continued
Reinforcement history, unconscious-decision making, and learning from experience Ciara Sanchez QC ’15 and Jim Stellar Ciara was a student in a class I taught last year. We had many follow-up conversations about the neuroscience of unconscious decision-making, operant … Continued
Counseling and Diversity Ashley Bryant QC 15 and Jim Stellar Ashley took my large general education lecture class that I co-teach in the spring. That led us to a conversation about how we best help students find their way through … Continued
Social Capital and Experiential Education Carolina Morgan NU ’10 and Jim Stellar I met Carolina in her freshman year at Northeastern University over her application to a scholarship that my office ran when I was Dean of the College of … Continued
Knowledge fluency Marina Vazura QC ‘15 and Jim Stellar Marina is a Speech Pathology Major and met Jim at an honor society event at Queens College. The resulting conversation began with the general idea of taking knowledge from an internship … Continued
Magic Myelin Lauren Blachorsky QC ’15 and Jim Stellar Lauren and I share a large interdisciplinary class that investigates how the brain mechanisms of pleasure and pain might work in a larger society. She also works in a professor’s laboratory … Continued
Fear motivation – from PTSD to experiential education Michaela Tralli ‘QC 12 and Jim Stellar We wrote a previous post on fear associated with panic attacks and what they have to tell us about experiential education – the … Continued
Blogging …and a positive impact on the other lobe Laura Pinzon QC ’13 and Jim Stellar Laura took my Gen Ed class last spring and that inspired a conversation about this blog I write and how blogging can … Continued
What panic disorders may have to teach us about experiential education Michaela Tralli QC’12 and Jim Stellar We wrote a previous post together about how one can develop a passion for learning right in the classroom, like what … Continued