Vulnerability in the Classroom
Years ago, when I began my full-time teaching career in the university classroom, I was a mere 27 years old and fresh out of a
LynnAnne Lowrie, PhD
October 21, 2019
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Teaching and Learning
Learning to Cross the Road: What Do You Show Your Students?
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To show the squirrel it could be done. Most of us attempt to teach our subjects
Jack Hill, PhD
October 14, 2019
Prepare for Change: Old APA versus New APA
One of the most popular guides for academic writing standards across the curriculum is scheduled for some changes. It’s been a decade since The American
Miriam Bowers-Abbott
September 27, 2019
The Focus is You: Katrina Gundling and a Mud Hut
The Focus is You will now occur just once a month. We have other exciting things to share with you on Thursdays, like our new,
Teach Strats
September 12, 2019
Music in the Classroom
As faculty, we want our students to achieve, but more than that we want our students to see, at least in some way, that what
Patricia Metthe Todebush and Audrey Cabe
August 30, 2019
A Memo to Students: College and the Real World
To: My Students From: Your Teacher Re: What’s happening in college—is it real? I just read about a senior engineering student who was presenting a
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
August 30, 2019
Helping Students Learn: Insight from Maryellen
As faculty members prepare to start their classes and courses for the 2019 school year, it’s important to remember that not all students attending college
Teach Strats
August 20, 2019
The Focus is You: Maryellen and a Muscle Car
To kickstart The Focus is You, a short Q&A that features a different Teach Strats member every Thursday, we’re featuring Maryellen Weimer, editor of The
Teach Strats
August 8, 2019
What! No Textbook?
The approach to course reading described here is not the result of some altruistic action to save students money on textbooks. Nor was it a
Ed Cunliff, PhD
August 7, 2019
Whose Classroom is It Anyway?
Most would agree the classroom is a place for discourse, reflection, and learning. But, whose class is it? Who’s doing the learning—the teacher or the
Candice Dowd Barnes, EdD, and Patricia Kohler-Evans, EdD
August 2, 2019