“The teaching life is the life of the explorer, the creator, constructing the classroom for free exploration. It is about engagement. It takes courage. It is about ruthlessly excising what is flawed, what no longer fits, no matter how difficult it was to achieve. It is about recognizing teaching as a medium that can do […]

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Guest speakers can offer an important extension of learning and understanding both in and outside the classroom. “Inviting guest speakers into your classroom is a classic teaching strategy. Welcoming other voices into the classroom provides students with access to other perspectives, adds variety to the classroom routine, and demonstrates that learning is a collaborative enterprise” […]

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In March, we’ll “celebrate” three years since the world as we knew it turned upside down, locked down, and started moving toward a new normal no one asked for. As adults, we have reference points for seismic change, having lived through September 11 and other health scares ranging from swine flu to HIV/AIDS. But our […]

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Responding to the demands of remote teaching and assessment during COVID, instructors learned to adapt their practices and become more creative and flexible in their teaching and assessment. However, adapting is not enough if our mindset is still rooted in traditional teaching, learning, and assessment values and systems that do not serve our current students […]

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Take a look at the five most viewed articles, the three most downloaded podcast episodes, and the two most downloaded free reports of 2022. From bringing your syllabus to life with inclusivity and creativity to reclaiming the joy of teaching to what students had to say about teaching and learning on Zoom, there’s an array […]

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Here, a relatively simple approach to teaching and checking for student criticality is explained, where conceptual, alongside applied learning, is pervasive. It revolves around a two-directional spotlight approach of scrutinizing practice in the light of theory and scrutinizing theory in the light of experience. The ability to critically analyze and evaluate is essential for student […]

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This article first appeared in Maryellen Weimer’s blog in April 13, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. “First and last class sessions are the bookends that hold a course together.” I heard or read that somewhere—apologies to the source I can’t acknowledge. It’s a nice way to think about first and last class sessions. In […]

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Thumbnails with a taco??. A 3-2-1 activity. A trip around the world??. Scratch-offs for test-taking. If you’re interested in new teaching techniques, creative ideas, fostering a classroom community, and more, register for the Teaching Professor Online Conference. No need to leave the comfort of your home, couch, or desk—you can attend and access all of […]

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In his seminal text, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest Boyer (1990) directed attention to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Those faculty who successfully engage in SoTL focus on crafting a meaningful learning experience for the student.  They use deliberate practices, which are centered on effective teaching, in course instruction.  SoTL requires […]

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Introduction Interdisciplinarity is a “knowledge view and curriculum approach that consciously applies methodology and language from more than one discipline to examine a central theme, issue, problem, topic, or experience” (Jacobs, 1989). In undergraduate teaching laboratories, interdisciplinary approaches teach students how to draw from diverse scientific disciplines, methodologies, and techniques to comprehensively address complex problems. […]

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“Does anyone have a growth mindset moment to share?” I asked this question at the start of most of my first-year seminar courses last fall. The project was a small part of my course and one that came about by chance. At the start of the semester, we discussed the theories behind various mindsets. Much […]

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