Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt recall learning any of the material. My Learning Experience: From a Model Student to Getting Lost I grew up in China in the 1980s as the only child of factory workers. In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. It was the same nightmare that had haunted me for over a decade.

Grades 88

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 88

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Teaching my students about goals has become something of a crusade. Since the act of goal-writing necessitates an overall understanding of the course and its assignments, along with an analysis of their own strengths and weaknesses, students have to take an active part in their learning from the beginning of the course.

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Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 115

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. We also believe in making reasonable accommodations to support their learning and their success. having a more inclusive, safe environment for learning) but also ourselves (e.g., Teach some amazing content.

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Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Students learn to think beyond the parameters of passing an exam. And they learn that they can connect with one another through a single, common thread. This year, students were assigned states and asked to write an eight-measure melody corresponding to their assigned states.

Teaching 128

Teaching Teaching Philosophy Assignments Exams 128

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How have my various experiences influenced my teaching philosophy, and which principles do I rely on to inform my interactions and collaboration with learners? My primary goal is to promote accessibility and implement universal design for learning (UDL), offering diverse avenues for learners to interact with and obtain content.

Feedback 111

Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

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.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 176

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. He said that students could read much of the content off our PowerPoint slides and in the assigned readings without AI. Our role is to inspire our students to learn that content.

Instructors 109

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 109

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. We also believe in making reasonable accommodations to support their learning and their success. having a more inclusive, safe environment for learning) but also ourselves (e.g., Teach some amazing content.

Course Design 98

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 14, 2025

But as we all know, not every teaching day is as rewarding as the last. Learn all about symptoms, tips for turning things around, and how teacher burnout can have a major effect on the entire educational profession. Only assign projects and tests that you have time to grade, and try to get as much done during the workday as possible.

Teachers 52

Teachers Teaching Philosophy Grades Assignments 52

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2023

It is part of the curriculum in many other countries around the world, and there is a small but growing movement to have philosophy taught in American schools. Another upside is that when you teach philosophy in schools, you have the opportunity to cultivate norms of good conversations and good deliberations. It's a struggle.

Teaching Philosophy 218

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Failure Schools 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And we also checked in with an administrator at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas who assigns the show in a first-year seminar she leads. There are so many good ethics classes to be taken here on campus, and they're going to get some in their major and they're going to get some when they're taking philosophy. Shreve: Correct.

Teaching Philosophy 167

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020). It was fulfilling to read about how they connected to the content we learned together, the activities we engaged in, and the missions and assignments they completed.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

It’s often said that teaching and learning doesn’t always take place in the classroom—some of the most important lessons are learned on the playground, in the street, on the job or somewhere else. He had lost all love of school, any love of learning and the only thing keeping him together were his friends.

Coaching 144

Coaching English Students Teaching Philosophy 144

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

The first day of class is a day on which we can nurture our students’ voices and promote their engagement and intrinsic motivation for learning (Saucier, 2020). It was fulfilling to read about how they connected to the content we learned together, the activities we engaged in, and the missions and assignments they completed.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In higher education, a content disclosure (also referred to as a content notice or trigger warning) is an “explicit statement that alerts a group of learners that certain content explored or discussed in a learning environment may contain potentially distressing material” (see Bryce et al., 2022 for a review). counseling services).

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Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In higher education, a content disclosure (also referred to as a content notice or trigger warning) is an “explicit statement that alerts a group of learners that certain content explored or discussed in a learning environment may contain potentially distressing material” (see Bryce et al., 2022 for a review). counseling services).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Stachowiak says she is still growing as a teacher herself, as director of teaching excellence and digital pedagogy at Vanguard University of Southern California, and her sense of curiosity comes through in her weekly conversations. Don't try to make learning so linear. The conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Teaching Textbooks Teaching Philosophy Ethics 92