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EDUCATING THE WHOLE STUDENT

April 27, 28 & 29, 2021 | Free Virtual Event

The 2021 9 1免费版下 Conference on University Teaching and Learning is being supported by Centre for Learning and Teaching to enable聽free聽attendance for presenters and participants.

Students enter and leave their post-secondary education with a multiplicity of commitments and identities聽that聽inform their experiences聽as learners.

The majority of 21st-century students juggle jobs, family, health,聽and聽finances,聽in addition to coursework and planning for the future.聽

Teaching the whole聽person聽鈥撀爀ncompassing mind,聽body,聽heart,聽and聽spirit 鈥撀燼ddresses聽these competing pressures by聽affirming聽students鈥櫬燼nd instructors鈥� humanity.

According to聽Schoem,聽Modey聽and St. John (2017), supporting the whole student through teaching and learning provides a number of benefits by increasing 鈥渟tudent commitment to learning because students see themselves as part of an engaged, supportive and caring scholarly community鈥� (p. xii). How do we consider these factors as we educate the whole student at our institutions?

The DCUTL is a great experience for higher education enthusiasts to come together and explore new ideas and ways to educate students!