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Upcoming Themes and Deadlines
September 2023: Classroom climate (deadline July 21)
Potential topics
- Hot moments and how to handle them (e.g., offensive remarks; when course material sparks a charged discussion you weren’t prepared for)
- The connection between diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and learning outcomes (what does the research say?)
- The challenges of creating a supportive and inclusive classroom environment at a time when rights of vulnerable groups are under threat
October 2023: Grading and feedback (deadline August 18)
Potential topics
- How to get students to focus on feedback, not the letter or percentage grade
- Providing efficient and effective feedback
- Managing large volumes of grading
- What to do when you just don’t know what to say about student work
November 2023: Student engagement (deadline September 15)
Potential topics
- What do we mean by “engagement”? How can we promote engagement, and to what extent can we measure or even observe it?
- What does engagement mean to students?
- What about student disengagement—or refusal to engage? Are there ways it can be productive?
December 2023: Artificial intelligence and student learning (deadline October 20)
Potential topics
- What students know and believe about generative AI (e.g., as demonstrated by surprising uses)
- Uses of AI that promote learning
- AI as an obstacle to learning
- Revising policies to account for generative AI (academic integrity, citation practices, etc.)
- AI's implications for career preparation and postcollegiate success—and ways to address them
- Historical precedents for the current moment
January 2024: Preparing to teach (deadline November 20)
Details forthcoming
If you have questions about upcoming themes or suitable topics, please contact
The Teaching Professor's managing editor, Jon Crylen (jon.crylen@magnapubs.com).
See also our submission guidelines.
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