Conversations on Learning

Today’s students are challenging to teach. They can also be inspiring, if you know what makes them tick. From The Chronicle of Higher Education

This 2018 "Adventures in Pedagogy" blog post from The Kenyon Review still resonates.

Discover 6 practical tips from the Norton Learning Blog.

Discover 7 practical strategies in this National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) blog post.

A still relevant 2021 entry from The Cengage Blog.

A blog post from the non-profit Career Ladders Project

This article articulates program challenges and opportunities that typically accompany dual enrollment participation and offer suggestions for how community college faculty can maintain the academic rigor of a college class.
Ison, M. P., & Nguyen, D. J. (2021). The opportunities and challenges for community college faculty teaching dual enrollment programs. New Directions for Community Colleges, 195, 119–128. https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20471

This article uses Austin Community College (ACC) as a case study to illustrate how community colleges can build institutional capacity to provide dual enrollment.
Duncheon, J.C., & Buchanan, S. (2024). Building community college capacity to enhance student success and equity in dual enrollment. New Directions for Community Colleges, 207, 117–127. https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20641

This basic interpretive qualitative study examines the ways in which experienced community college faculty from different disciplines view their pedagogical perspectives after having worked with an increasing number of nontraditional students in their mixed-age college classrooms.
Rembiesa, D. S. (2020). Community college faculty experiences with dual-enrollment students (Order No. 28274290). Available from Education Database. (2457990579). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/community-college-faculty-experiences-with-dual/docview/2457990579/se-2

Provides examples professional development to ensure successful and inclusive dual enrollment teaching.
Focarile, T., and Denecker, C. (2024). Utilizing centers for teaching and learning to support dual enrollment educators. Metropolitan Universities, 35(3), 41–55.

Davis, K. R., Chen, Y. A., & Aviles, D. G. (2024). From the field to the classroom: Exploring instructors’ motivation and the teacher identity in dual credit career and technical education programs. New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024(207), 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20635

Tips from Piedmont Technical College

Despite being from a tutoring services, this is one of the better guides for students.

This article examines how personal characteristics contribute to the success of homeschooled students in dual enrollment programs and their transition to higher education, the workforce, or the military. It emphasizes the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies in improving academic achievement and challenges misconceptions about socialization outcomes.
Micheal Crouch. (2024). How they did it: Homeschooled students share their top tips to succeed in dual enrollment and beyond. New Directions for Community Colleges, 207, 97–106.