By Melissa McDonald It's that time of year again when many of us are rushing to get our spring syllabi together and preparing for the semester ahead. I just found out which course I am teaching a few days ago, giving me two weeks to...
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By Helene A. Matheny With now ten years of experience teaching as an adjunct, I've faced quite a variety of class formats. From the traditional daytime, twice-a-week course, to an.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Welcome back fellow adjuncts! I hope your holidays and break were full of fun and joy and happy times. I definitely had my share of those things,.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA In the first entry for this series, the following question was considered: why should an instructor care what their students are thinking? The answer to this question was explored from the perspective of cognitive development and the use of critical...
By Erik Hanson The last Sunday before classes resume, and I could be found going over my schedules and rosters, taking a last-minute look at the syllabi, and shuffling necessary.
By Ron Tinsley Fellow Adjuncts By Choice, indulge me for a moment. Sit back and think about your lives. Think about the success. Think about who you have become. Now,.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Over the holidays I went to a department Christmas party with a friend and fellow adjunct professor. This was a party thrown by the Chair of the Department at one of the colleges my friend (not I) teaches at, and both full-time...
By Lance Eaton “yo prof what’s homework for today —me” (typical email received 10 minutes before class at least five times per semester from different students) Email is the great.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Why should an instructor care what their students are thinking? Students are expected to be involved in the process of learning and focused on.
By Melissa McDonald I once had a student who claimed he did not have a culture. "Of course, you do," I explained. "You just don't see it because you're used to it." When I first started teaching, I was in a familiar place—my home state...
