Building Relationships
Many faculty wonder how to help students in the dominant group understand societal privilege without making them defensive. One day, a situation arose in my course that changed my approach to this topic. I was ...
Every year, we enthusiastically welcome incoming students to the academy. I teach at a large research university with a strong and proud commitment to teaching undergraduates. For those of us in professional roles, belonging to ...
A month into last fall’s first-year writing course, one of my students emailed me and politely explained that he found one of the reading assignments offensive. We met in person to discuss his concerns. On ...
Frequently college students seek emotional support and personal advice from faculty members with whom they have had supportive interactions. Faculty need to balance the idea of helping students with their more formal role as instructors, ...
It makes more sense to focus on those teaching behaviors that help students learn, and that's where the emphasis has been for many years. The characteristics, features, aspects, dimensions, and behaviors of excellent teachers have ...
Research indicates that students learn more and rate their class experience higher when they have a personal connection with the instructor. Here are ten practical ways to help that happen: Arrive early and stay after ...
Teacher power has to do with the ability to influence student behaviors and, ultimately, what they learn and how much. My colleagues and I often lament that it is more difficult to influence student behaviors ...
“This is not a C paper!” “This answer deserves more points.” “Half of my work on this problem is correct, but I got less than half credit.” Grades are terribly important to most students, so ...
When faculty consider adopting a new instructional approach, there's always a question about how it will be received by students. Will they engage with it and learn from it, or will they resist, as ...
It's a favorite refrain: “The best teaching is teaching that is a genuine, authentic representation of who you are.” Yes, in the classroom we are obligated to be professional, but being professional should not ...
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