As I've said before, critical thinking is important, but if the students can't figure out how to put their ideas down on the page in a readable way, then no one will care if they thought critically. Even if I explain all of this to the...
I am one of those people, I use a Mac. My schools and online students do not know this, as I am mainstream about most things loaded on it. I.
The fact that there is a primetime TV show about community colleges is another sign that these institutions are now part of our mainstream life and popular culture. In a.
[private]Pedagogy is the art of getting people to learn. As college professors, teaching people how to learn is at the heart of our profession. The activities we assign need to be geared toward that end, and so this post is about tips for creating effective assignments,...
This week is Spring Break. Well, sort of. No, it is, but not necessarily for me. It's break for some schools, some instructors, some kids, but not all of them..
Piss Poor Prof, also known as Burnt-Out Adjunct, describes the adjunct as being "the academic equivalent of a fry cook." http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/06/15/adjunct Then there is Dr. Burton Fletcher, who calls adjuncts "the.
One of the schools I teach for originally had a canned curriculum from which all instructors taught . The content was good overall and obviously written by professionals. There were a few assignments that seemed to always cause confusion, but I quickly learned to just expand...
This blog has been geared toward introductory classes and those teaching them, since my assumption is that a blog on teaching tips will be most attractive to new professors, and.
I love email. I have been using it for over ten years and it has gone from an amusing novelty to one of the most important communication methods I use..
I was out walking with a friend last week and the conversation turned, as it often does, to school. She'd just finished her college-level writing class and was sharing her experiences. She loved her instructor and mostly wanted to express how grateful she was for the...
