Teach Strats: A Year in Review of 2021
This past year our Teach Strats community came together to share their wisdom, their encouragement, and their hope for the teaching community.
Teach Strats
December 22, 2021
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Articles
Using Teaching Practices to Support Student Learning and Well-Being
*This article first appeared in theTeaching Professoron July 8, 2019. Magna Publications. All rights reserved. College student mental health is currently receiving a great
Michele C. Everett, PhD
December 17, 2021
Three Questions to Help Facilitate Effective Classroom Discussions
Learning should be interactive and reflective. When classroom silence and intellectual apathy become the norm, learning lacks critical thinking and the role of discourse is
Dimple J. Martin, PhD
December 15, 2021
Masked Accents and Muffled Sounds: Teaching Behind the Mask
My first introduction in front of students in an American college classroom went like this: “I am Nancy Achiaa Frimpong, a Ghanaian who writes British
Nancy Achiaa Frimpong
December 13, 2021
Building Back a Sense of Community and Togetherness with Faculty and Students
In November 2019, I was fortunate to take about 20 of our physics students to the Physics Congress (PhysCon) in Providence, Rhode Island. The conference
Matthew J. Wright, PhD
December 10, 2021
Using the Labyrinth as a Self-care Tool for University Students
What is a labyrinth? A labyrinth is an ancient archetype with a singular meandering path that leads from an outer edge to a center. Unlike
Patty Kohler-Evans EdD, Deanna Kay Rice, PhD, and Stephanie R. Sorbet, EdD
December 8, 2021
Helping Students Find their Writing Voice
I woke up when I heard the opening chords of Chopin’s Ballade in F Major. I’d been dozing off, phone in my hand, trying to
Crystal O. Wong, EdD
December 6, 2021
An Outsider Looking In: Advocating a Sense of Community for Adjunct Faculty
While checking my university email several weeks after being hired, I beamed with excitement as I read the invitation for my first faculty welcome week
Lauren Mathieu-Frasier
December 3, 2021
Video Killed the Radio Star Text-based Instructional Methods
The challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic have exposed a number of ways in which higher education has lagged behind the rest of society and
Josh Rockey
December 1, 2021
Combating Imposter Syndrome in Academia
The topic of imposter syndrome has been of interest to many in academia, but the discussion has primarily focused on early-career faculty (e.g., Craven, 2014).
Morgan Chapman and Lynne N. Kennette, PhD
November 29, 2021