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Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students

Faculty Focus

Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. The student who was expecting me “to teach him a lot” missed the first lesson. I have made teaching goal-writing to my students my new goal. Responsibility. Connection to curriculum.

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Feedback as a Dialogue 

Faculty Focus

How have my various experiences influenced my teaching philosophy, and which principles do I rely on to inform my interactions and collaboration with learners? For example, creating an outline that eventually leads to some type of media, such as an essay or a podcast. Lastly, I communicated consistently.

Feedback 111
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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

Edsurge

They write brief papers and give short oral reports, building skills and stamina they eventually will need to complete and present a capstone research project, their final assignment before they graduate. She took questions on how not to feel lost in the dark The professor explains the next assignment for the course. It was positive.

Students 178