The Teaching Professor
Snapchat is probably the most popular social media app among those under 30. What distinguishes it from other such apps is that it allows users to add cartoon-like images and ...
Among teachers’ biggest worries about trying to incorporate humor into their classes are that no ...
Like birthdays, anniversaries are occasions for reflection, and as I approach the fifth anniversary of ...
Graham Broad’s piece reminded me of a short critique John Kenneth Galbraith did of his ...
Learning takes place when students solve problems beyond their current developmental level. Often peer support ...
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat ...
When students learn there will be group work in a course, they often let up ...
What would a diverse group of people say if asked, “When you hear the word ...
Sarah Rose Cavanagh’s book The Spark of Learning (2016) teaches how student control and value ...
The research is clear: students can learn from and with each other in groups. But ...
If you want to increase engagement in your online course, then consider creating an animated-video ...
As I prepared to teach my first-year orientation class this fall, I realized that I ...
One failure of the traditional face-to-face lecture is that it delivers learning content in large ...
How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation?
What if you could write letters of recommendation more effectively and efficiently by inspiring students to be more accountable in the process? This 20-Minute Mentor shares four key steps to doing exactly that. Watch Now »
There’s a new book out called Activating a Teaching-Learning Philosophy. The word “activating” caught my ...
How did you learn how to teach? By trying to teach like those who taught ...
Active learning approaches frequently promote student conversations about the content. As students try to explain things to each other, argue about answers, and ask questions, learning happens. We can hear ...
Learning takes place when students solve problems beyond their current developmental level. Often peer support is needed for the student to get over the hurdles to accomplish a task (DePew ...
“Becoming a better teacher is about learning: learning about oneself, learning about one’s students and their realities, learning pedagogy, and learning content. But before we can learn from our students, we first need to learn who we are, as both human beings and teachers, that is, we need to know what we stand for, what we value and believe, our blind spots, our talents, and our shortcomings.”
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