Why Create a New Course? Chadwick Blackwell

While at the University of Virginia-Hampton Roads Center, Chadwick Blackwell developed and
taught a course on Children’s Learning. He created this course specifically for UVa graduates
students living in the Norfolk, Va. area to help them better understand basic principles and
encourage thinking outside the box of normal thought processes. The course proves successful,
as many students commended Chadwick Blackwell on his ability to challenge their usual way of
thinking.

While at Mary Baldwin College, Chadwick Blackwell was also in charge of course planning and
instruction. He finds that creating new courses allows him to reassess what he truly knows about
his field and creates more room to incorporate new material. “If we continue to raise the same
type of minds, we’re never going to better ourselves,” states Chadwick Blackwell. That is the
beauty behind new courses, they are constantly adapting to the now rather than simply sticking to
the information society has been familiar with over many years.

Chadwick Blackwell believes creating new courses also ignites a fire in the minds of students to
conquer the curriculum, as they are the first students of its kind. With new problems to solve and
new textbooks to read, creating new courses has proven to be one of  Chadwick Blackwell’s
favorite things to have the chance to do as a professor.

This practice goes along well with Chadwick Blackwell’s dissertation “Redefining Educational
Effectiveness: Transcending Traditional Measures of School-Wide Effectiveness.” The process
of delving into the unknown is extremely exciting for Chadwick Blackwell, and gives him
opportunity to keep learning even though his days as a traditional student have passed. Chadwick
Blackwell is a perpetual learner, seeking new knowledge everyday to share with others.

If you’re curious what inspires Chadwick Blackwell’s new course material you can contact him at: (888) 675-1245!