One frequently reads in the newspaper and magazine articles published about part-time faculty these days (many of which are authored by tenured or tenure-line faculty) that a major problem with the use of part-time faculty is their lack of commitment to the institutions at which...
Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team
December 24, 2007 I know that many of our readers recently finished up their semesters and were rewarded by being summarily fired. Of all the drawbacks associated with part-time teaching,.
My recent posts have ranged over publications and interviews; it seems time to bring this back to me for an embarrassing confession: the common criticisms of adjunct faculty are becoming.
In my teaching philosophy, the student is embedded within a context, an environment, that can either help or hinder learning. Today I want to talk about an unsung aspect of classroom management: being the janitor. In today's cheeseparing world of section cuts and budget crises,...
I recently wrote about wordriver (and my ambivalence regarding it). This week I'd like to touch on a markedly different publication, Kairos. Kairos is subtitled "A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology,.
This is it. This is the summer you will brush up on your teaching skills or your organization techniques. You know it will make your life easier and will improve.
I'm already planning my Fall courses. I start with the syllabus. It's a question about how many rules I want to put in the syllabus. I hate to start the class on such a negative point; but when I don't include rules it always comes...
The question, dear Horatio, is how often do you change your course material? Textbooks come out with new editions seemingly every year (or bi-annually at the very least) but to.
The old, dirty flatbed truck two vehicles ahead if me is loaded down with assorted shopping carts. Had I noticed, I would have gotten in the other lane; now, it's.
One of my little tricks of the trade is to get my students moving. I sprinkle activities throughout my course design that makes them get out of their chairs, walk around, stretch, and even go outside. This helps keep the oxygen flowing to their brains,...
