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City as Text™
What is City as Text™?
Sometimes called CAT, and broadened into Place as Text to encourage applications of this approach to active learning in various settings, City as Text™ refers to structured explorations of environments and ecosystems. Designed as on-going laboratories through which small teams investigate contested areas and issues in urban environments, or competing forces in natural ones, these exercises foster critical inquiry and integrative learning across disciplines. A mini-version of this approach is included at NCHC’s national conferences. Place As Text Faculty Institutes
Professional Development for Faculty and Staff
NCHC Faculty Institutes are development opportunities for honors and non-honors faculty and administrators who wish to incorporate interdisciplinary and field-based elements into their courses and programs. The City as Text™ experiential strategies of the Institute include reflective practices and projects adaptable to study abroad, service learning, student orientations, campus assessments, and professional development workshops as well as honors courses in any discipline. Identifying and transferring principles of integrative experiential learning are important goals of the Institute. “City as Text™ stands as a cornerstone of honors education, championing place-based learning that fosters critical thinking and reflection. These programs offer exceptional opportunities for faculty development, providing educators with immersive experiences that enrich their teaching and mentoring practices. NCHC’s Place as Text Committee is instrumental in crafting creative programs that encourage both faculty and students to explore diverse spaces as dynamic sites of inquiry.” 
Salvatore Musumeci, Ph.D.
Director, ARCH Scholars Program, College of Charleston
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