Faculty member Greg Hinckley presents Seattle Central “Learning Communities” research
Sociology instructor Greg Hinckley has presented his scholarly research on Learning Communities as the keynote speaker at nine academic conferences and institutions since January. Most recently, he was the national keynote speaker for the 18th Annual National Learning Communities Conference, hosted by Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.
Learning communities encourage integration of learning across courses and ask students to explore a common topic through the lenses of different disciplines. Hinckley’s data-based research of learning communities curricula at Seattle Central has helped to develop a “sustained intentional collaborative culture.” This is manifest at the college through coordinated studies course offerings taught by two or more faculty members from different disciplines, as well as integrated projects that require students in different courses to collaborate.
Get involved: This quarter, Greg’s students have been working with others in English, Geography, ABS, Culinary Arts and Environmental Science to develop projects around the issue of food and hunger. They will be presenting their work in the form of poster presentations on Wednesday March 11 and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in BE1110. All are welcome to stop by for the presentations and also to give feedback to the different student projects.