Abstract
For the past three years, Pat has been the co-lead of the First Step Discovery Project, one of four funded projects of the UC Berkeley Discovery Initiative. The First Step project seeks to transform beginning classes from skills-based requirements into gateway inquiry-based experiences connecting first and second year students with the best and most exciting resources fo the university. This paper provides a brief overview of the Discovery Initiative and discusses how this pedagogical approach helps to foster a sense of belonging, both intellectually and socially, at an institution whose student body embodies the diversity of the demographics of the California population. It also features a case study of a student project structured as a Discovery-based learning experience. The case study project was a site-specific installation that also featured a student-created website and multimodal research projects, integrating historical research with digital presentation frameworks.
Presenters
Patricia SteenlandContinuing Lecturer, College Writing Programs, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Fostering Belonging, Creating Connection, Inquiry-based Learning, Creative Projects, Multimodal Projects
