ICBLS Steering Committee

Assistant Professor
Nursing
akovalesky@uwb.edu

I.C.B.L.S. Fellow 2006-2007
Project: Revision of Community-based Learning Activities
in BNURS 409: Community Health Nursing

Dr. Kovalesky's participation in the cohort provided her with a wide range of perspectives on design and assessment resulting in the establishment of new community-based learning guidelines for a major core requirement in the newly revised Nursing curriculum. Dr. Kovalesky gathered input from key informants including Nursing program faculty at UW Bothell, UW Seattle, UW Tacoma and Pacific Lutheran University, and staff at several community health agencies.

Interim Director
Teaching and Learning Center
Lecturer
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
davidgs@u.washington.edu

Students teach themselves when provided the opportunity and motivation; my goal is to provide both. I seek not so much to change minds as to open them, and to teach lifelong critical and analytical skills rather than a set of facts.  I aim for an appreciation for complexity; our world is not simple. I am proud to be on a team of teachers who work hard to create educated, broad-thinking men and women.  Community-based learning is an important element in my approach to teaching and to the work of the Teaching and Learning Center.

Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
rkrabill@u.washington.edu

My teaching is centered on the idea that the best learning grows out of a diverse intellectual community in interaction, both in and out of the classroom itself, rather than individuals imparting knowledge in a unilateral way. I strongly believe that education is best served through the building of a safe and challenging learning community that includes students, faculty and others in a holistic learning experience. In addition to developing such a community among members of my classes, I also value the impact of service-learning in the classroom. Ideally, education should serve not only a student's individual intellectual development and overall well-being, but also the well-being and knowledge-base of the many communities with which each student and the university as a whole are involved.

Former I.C.B.L.S Steering Committee member

Associate Professor Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciencesethomas@uwb.edu

I think about teaching and learning as structured conversations that lead to many other differently structured and unimagined dialogues. In conversations with students, I try to communicate my curiosity and love of learning. I also value listening and learning from students. I want students to think about learning as a process that enriches and enables valuable contributions they may make as individuals and as parts of communities. Towards these goals, I strive to teach in ways that foster active learning and encourage students to make connections between the classroom and other commitments. Teaching in IAS, a program that makes explicit connections across disciplinary boundaries, is particularly rewarding to me because it challenges us as teachers and students to have the kinds of conversations that I believe are most interesting.