{"id":49385,"date":"2024-10-28T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=49385"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:46:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:46:09","slug":"explore-lifes-big-questions-accs-great-questions-seminar-transforms-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/10\/28\/explore-lifes-big-questions-accs-great-questions-seminar-transforms-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Life\u2019s Big Questions: ACC\u2019s Great Questions Seminar Transforms Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Great Questions Seminar program<\/a> at Austin Community College District (ACC) offers a unique, discussion-based alternative to the traditional EDUC 1300 Student Success course. Supported by a Teagle Foundation grant, the seminar replaces standard textbooks with transformative texts that spark engaging conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Teagle Foundation came to ACC Highland Campus for Cornerstone: Learning for a Living in October. The conference explored the Great Questions Seminar model for two- and four-year colleges, highlighting the role of community colleges in advancing the liberal arts and encouraging more to join the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACC’s Community Seminars<\/a> invite students, faculty, staff, and community members to explore life\u2019s big questions through small group discussions on selected texts, followed by a shared reflection session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover the vibrant discussions and collaborative learning that make this program stand out by checking out a recent seminar.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    The ACC Liberal Arts Department hosted the Great Questions Community Seminar event on Thursday, February 7, 2024, at the Highland Campus. As participants arrive they are assigned to different groups.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Students, faculty, staff and community members were all invited to join a discussion focusing on a selection of James Baldwin's 1962 essay, \u201cDown at The Cross\u201d.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The event starts with a brief introduction by Associate Professor of Government Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    During the second part of the event participants divide into groups as assigned upon arrival and begin discussing the reading material. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    All participants are encouraged to engage in conversation and express their thoughts freely.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The event is an opportunity for students, faculty, staff and community members to discuss Great Questions, guided by transformative texts that productively raise them.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    ACC faculty engage in a separate group conversation on the same topic as the other participants.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    During the last part of the event the participants return to the lecture hall where a conversation about their group discussions conclusions ensues. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Each group and each participant is given a chance to share their insights.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Professor Hadzi leads and moderates the conversation. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    The dialogues often continues in smaller groups at the end of the event. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Great Questions Seminar program at Austin Community College District (ACC) offers a unique, discussion-based alternative to the traditional EDUC 1300 Student Success course. Supported by a Teagle Foundation grant, the seminar replaces standard textbooks with transformative texts that spark engaging conversations. The Teagle Foundation came to ACC Highland Campus for Cornerstone: Learning for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":48636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[247,246,43,836],"class_list":["post-49385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acc-in-photos","tag-great-questions","tag-great-questions-seminar","tag-highland-campus","tag-teagle-foundation","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}