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A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning

Cult of Pedagogy

Example 1: A Classroom in a Competency-Based School One unit Messer teaches is a 9-week seminar called Global Zoo. Students begin with content-heavy lessons on Earths spheres, ecosystems, and the habits of research scientists. . “And then additionally, they’re building their research skills.

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Defending the liberal arts: How my students took the higher-learning plunge, from the banks of the St. Lawrence

The Hechinger Report

During the second semester of the program, each student takes a seminar structured around a major research project, sometimes with one of the same professors, sometimes not. Our first-year programs examine fundamental human questions; promote collaborative learning; and develop reading, writing, speaking and research skills.

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