University-wide Teaching Goals
Our teaching goals are connected to the vision statement and to our three learning goals. Three teaching goals have been widely embraced by the faculty:
(1) integration of theory & practice,
(2) student reflection, and
(3) building an engaged community of diverse
learners with opportunities for collaboration.
Our most distinctive teaching goal is to engage students in a “learning by doing” approach to teaching at Millikin that emphasizes the integration of theory and practice. Students have to know the theory and how to use it in near-professional performances. We also value student reflection about his or her own learning experiences.
This reflection is guided by the three Millikin questions: Who am I? How can I know? and What should I do? These three questions are an essential part of discovering and developing a personal life of meaning and value.
Although the approach varies depending on the discipline, Millikin faculty build communities of learning with opportunities for engaged collaboration among students, between faculty and students, and with other communities beyond the Millikin campus. |
