15
Aug
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
30
Jul
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
03
Mar
Peer Counseling is Experiential Education Sanaa Mylan QC’13 and Jim Stellar Sanaa and I met in 2009 when she was a freshman and I was a newly arrived Provost at Queens. I had taken a faculty apartment in the new … Continued
13
Feb
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
02
Sep
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
29
Nov
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
24
Nov
The power of reflection – a story from Greece Adrienne Dooley NU’12 and Jim Stellar Our last blog (8/21/12) focused on the bonding that occurred in a study abroad trip to Greece in the fall of 2011. This … Continued
01
Sep
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
05
Jun
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
23
Apr
Taking Ex Ed into international relations Lara Porter QC’14 and Jim Stellar LP is an economics and political science major who works in the Queens College Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding (CERRU) as well as participates in … Continued