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EDUCATING THE WHOLE STUDENT

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

The 2021 Dalhousie 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!