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Submissions from 2024
Orienting Volunteers on Cultural Awareness and Empathy While Working With Refugees, Sangya Dhungana
Give Us This Day: A (Secular) Case for Observing the Sabbath, Thomas (T.J.) Karis
Powered by Reflection: Narrative Case Study Investigation of CCT-Inspired Action Learning Practice, Joyce W. Swagerty
Submissions from 2023
Lifelong Learning & Mindsets: Two Critical Components to Further Your Thinking and Learning, Andrew Castagna
Designing a Coloring Book as a Tool to Introduce Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Billie Beth Charles
Exploring the Path That Has Led to a Fragmented Curriculum, Driven by High Stakes Testing, Sidelining Science, Emily L. Flaherty
A Framework for Introducing and Sustaining Play at Work, Hans A. Helgeson
Greatness Restored: The Development of an Alternative to Suspension Program, Matthew Jose
Neurodiversity in The Classroom: Reframing General Educators’ Thoughts on Neurodiversity and Inclusion, Ivy Madden
In Pursuit of Failure: A Project-Based Learning Approach to Introducing Generative Failure Into High School Physics, Bradford O'Brien
Two Identities Two Impostors One Student, Randy Valdez
Submissions from 2022
Building Constructive Interpersonal Communication Skills in Military Professionals: Generating a Culture of Trust, April L. Baptiste Robertson
Rethinking Human-Local Wildlife Relations, Yin Chan
The Careful Educator, Linwood Jackson Jr.
Writing to Learn: A Course Design and Educational Resources, Geoff Keston
On a Mission: Examination of Graduate Resources for Multicultural Women at The University of Massachusetts Boston, Annmarie McCluskey
Reimagining Information Literacy Instruction Through Faculty Development, Erin McCoy
A Metacognitive Approach to Video Game Coaching, Timothy Brian Nuryadi
Meetings in Third Space: Heterotopias and the Changing Culture of Alaska Natives, Cynthia Romer
A Framework for Understanding How People Can Draw Different Conclusions Based on The Same Information, Evan Schapiro
Paths of My Development in the CCT Program, Russell Suereth
Exploring the Impact of Stress on Healthcare Student Competency: A Cognitive Model for Self-Regulating Performance During High-Stakes Scenarios, Michael J. Teachey
Submissions from 2021
Nourishment for Life: A Study in Nutrition from a Philosophical & Scientific Perspective, Erin C. Black
Developing a Theater Skills-Based Workshop to Facilitate Exploration of Self-Identity for Young People, Natasha N. Goss
Assessing the Role of Motivational Factors in Facilitating Artists’ Personal and Professional Development, Ece Gurler
Systems Thinking: The Organisation as a Living System, Kate Mills
Counterpoint: Laying the Groundwork for the First Geospatial Red Team, Rachel Parkin
Reimagining the Role of Physical Space in Future Human Thriving, Adrian Young
Submissions from 2020
Critical and Creative Thinking Practices and Principles to Improve Audiovisual Production, Paula Andrea Avila Jimenez
Art and Science: Utilizing Steam Education to Promote Empathetic Scientific Literacy and Global Citizenship, Ali Orsi Davis
The Importance of Empathy: A Two Way Street, Alex Domenikos
Food and Health: Promoting the Importance of Maintaining a Healthy Diet to Minimize Disease in Individuals at Greatest Risk, Nadjia Edwards
Exploring the Foundations of Self-Leadership to Develop the Self-Efficacy Required to Perform, in the Journey of Leading the Self Before Leading Others, Margarita M. Gonzalez-Giraldo
Developing an Online Health Community for Autoimmune Disease Patients Through Self-Managed Diet, Rachel Greene
Argo Navis: A Drifting Circumambulation, Kyle D. Lemstrom
The Role of Play in Fostering Creativity and Purpose, Caitlin Quarrington
Advocating for Culturally Responsive Practices in the IB Diploma Programme: Tapping in the Potential of Acid Tests to Foster Coherence Between the IB Principles and Teaching Practices, Timizay Ruiz Pineda
Submissions from 2019
Undoing the Internalized Impacts of White Supremacy: Envisioning Anti-Racist Change with White Teachers at a 6-12 Urban Pilot School, Casey Z. Andrews
Exploring Critical And Creative Thinking Tools As A Means To Support Self-Sustainability, Azra Caus
Achieving a Student’s Academic and Career Success: A Personalized Reflection of Experience in Higher Education, Russell DeLuca-Kavanagh
Wanting It All: Designing and Developing a Sustainable Life of Meaning and Purpose Through Reflective Practice, Janell Burley Hofmann
Action Today for Tomorrow: Examining How Building a Video Montage Over Time Impacts a Family, Phillip MacDonald
Movin’ Right Along: Developing Creative Methods of Science Communication in a Modern World, Charity Southworth
From Word to World: Designing Children’s Literature to Empower Thoughtful Engagement in Life and Learning, Lauren Taub
Meta Me on an Ecstatic Walk with Hansel and Gretel: A Reflection of Dispensed, Reclaimed and Reframed Existence, Laura White
Submissions from 2018
Cultivating the Mindset for Creative Output, Alison Akell
Method Theory: Finding a Connection and Making Meaning in Literature, Andrew Blom
Applying Critical Thinking Skills for Successful Pilot Projects, Shawna Flaherty
Reflection and Growth in Teaching: Designing and Implementing a High School Biology and Society Course Using Action Research, Bradley J. Kozel
Growing Together: Personal Reflection and Understanding Can Foster Team Development, Rachael Layne
Building a Successful Community & Family Engagement Pilot: Advocating for Student Success, Denise Manning
My CCT Journey to Become a History Teacher and Creativity and Art in a Facing History Classroom - The Holocaust and Human Behavior Curriculum, Amy McLaughlin-Hatch
Designing a Social Architecture for Personal Leadership in the 21st Century: The Autonomous Realization Tetrad (ART), Bobby Ricketts
Meaning and Purpose in Adolescent Education: How Educators Can Help Adolescents Develop Purpose and Use It To Maximize Meaningfulness in Their Lives, Andrew L. Smith
A Critical Perspective to Managing Generational Diversity in The Workspace in East Asia, Debra Moh Yunni
Submissions from 2017
The Resolute Student, Wipa Khampook
Transformational Leadership For Growth In Changing Times, David Kooharian
Steps Towards an Integration of Critical and Creative Thinking through Reflective Practice, Amy Seidl
Submissions from 2016
Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking Skills Through Problem-Solving in High School Mathematics Classes, Daniel L. Albert
Thinking Deeply, Creating Richly: Learner Transformation Through Narrative, Kaylea Hascall Champion
Revising the Myth of Normal: Creating a Sustainable Secondary Academic Curriculum Predicated on Learning Diversity, Sara M. Kaplan
Sharing Wondrous Stories of This Place: A Garrison School Website for the Wider Community, Jill Corson Lake
Developing a New College Course: A Journey Using Applied Critical and Creative Thinking Towards Philosophy, Decision Making, and Possibilities, Myra W. McWethy
Submissions from 2015
Pedagogy of Curiosity: Initial Explorations of Instructional Practice in a Critical Thinking and Curious Classroom, Michael Chalukian
Leaping Off the Page and Melding Modes: The Multimodal Space Poem as a New Form of Poetry, Todd J. Erickson
Learning Considered: Emergent Design in Student Affairs, Carl F. Ericson
Creative Problem Solving: A High School Curriculum Satisfying the Needs of 21ST Century Learner, Steve Guenin
Braiding a Naturalist’s Journey of Embracing Courage, Rhoda A. Maurer
Towards a Sensitive Dialogue Model for Polarized Scenarios, Maria Nardi
Transitioning From Following to Making Your Own Path Through Critical and Creative Thinking, Cassie Tighe-Hansen
Think Unbound: Changing the Way People View and Teach Creativity in the Work Environment, Michael Wienke
Submissions from 2013
Applied Creativity: Tools Toward Transformation: An Undergraduate Curriculum, Teryl Cartwright
Developing a Creative Thinking Course for Community College Students, Noreen McGinness Olson
Submissions from 2012
Discovering My Passion as an Ally: Gaining Awareness of the History of the Gay Rights Movement, Meghan R. Callaghan
Belief is so last century, Cynthia Clayton-Parent
Life is a Journey, Carol D. Hardick
Born-Again Artist: Lessons, Prophets, and Visions on Developing an Identity as an Artist, Alison Palmucci
Maximizing the Learning Outcomes of Cocurricular Civic Engagement in Higher Education, Jeremy Poehnert
Third Divergence: Representations and Reflections, Nathan Weaver
Managing from the Middle, Lisa Williams
Submissions from 2011
First-Generation Students’ Pathways to a Baccalaureate, Yolanda Avidano
Building a Learning Community for Dental Hygiene Faculty, Nancy Baccari
Empowering and Engaging Teen Girls through Media from the Perspective of a Practitioner and Producer, Marie Celestin
Creative Consciousness: Becoming a Reflective Designer, Renessa Ciampa Brewer
Serendipity and Persistence: A Journey Building a Rich Music-Making Culture in Public Schools, Constance Cook
My Journey to Develop an Innovative Approach to Unplanned Pregnancy, Gina Dillon Podolsky
Mutual Mondays, PTSD and Dialogue Process with Veterans of Armed Conflict: Becoming a Facilitator, and Healing Along with Participants, Michael Johns
Our Mouths on Paper: A Critical Look at the Educational Value, Social Importance, and Self- Exploration Stemming from Slam Poetry, Candace R. McDuffie
Student's Stress: It's Real and Manageable, Mary F. McGurn
Putting the Self Back into Self-Regulation: Why Current Academic Self-Regulation Models are Insufficient for High-Schoolers and What Can Be Done about It, Sheila O'Shea-Resto
Submissions from 2010
My Plan to Play: A Personal Journey towards a Lifetime of Play, Aimee Blaquiere
Changing My Perspective on Intelligence, Kristin E. Capezio