 The
academically underprepared community college student may also
be psychosocially underprepared for college, a condition contributing
to the development of classroom-specific social phobia and a
high attrition rate. Michael Miranda (Department of Behavioral
Sciences) has developed a program - Find Your Classroom Voice
- Developing Students' Class Participation Abilities - which
uses individual and group cognitive-behavioral techniques to
develop students' academic and social integration with the college,
thereby promoting active learning, academic success, and persistence
in the pursuit of an Associate's degree. Prof. Miranda facilitates
a faculty group where interested faculty, through four one-hour
sessions, learn how to use the program in their own classes
and discuss other innovative ways to assist these students.
For more information or to join this group, please contact Michael
Miranda at mmiranda@kingsborough.edu. |
