Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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. The student who was expecting me “to teach him a lot” missed the first lesson.

Writing 116

Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 116

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? I focused on creating personalized assignments as well as experiences by using a few different tools that invited learners to share their goals for the course.

Feedback 111

Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. Use engaging and efficient activities and assignments. Building on our previous suggestion, we also intentionally schedule engaging and compelling activities and assignments during the grumpy time of the semester.

Course Design 142

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 142

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

This year, students were assigned states and asked to write an eight-measure melody corresponding to their assigned states. Many of the second and third-graders I work with are very comfortable with touch screens and technology, and it’s natural for them to view and complete assignments in this format.

Teaching 126

Teaching Teaching Philosophy Assignments Exams 126

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. that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. References Balch, D.

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. Feedback-Only: No Points I do not attach points to any assignments. If students want to know how well they did in an assignment, they must read my feedback. Ask for questions to ensure every student understands how to complete the assignment.

Grades 101

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 101

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.

Students 168

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 168

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

This ranges from our syllabi to our course structures and policies, to our assignments and assessments. Use engaging and efficient activities and assignments. Building on our previous suggestion, we also intentionally schedule engaging and compelling activities and assignments during the grumpy time of the semester.

Course Design 98

Course Design Assignments Teaching Philosophy Instructors 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 14, 2025

Remember why you got into teaching in the first place, and embrace your teaching philosophy instead of getting buried under administrative duties. Manage your workload with fewer graded classwork and homework assignments, and return to a student-focused format instead of a teacher-focused format.

Teachers 52

Teachers Teaching Philosophy Grades Assignments 52

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2023

Another upside is that when you teach philosophy in schools, you have the opportunity to cultivate norms of good conversations and good deliberations. So you teach people that we're going to take turns — we're gonna listen to each other. Teachers give a lot of bite-size assignments, or assignments that are done on the devices.

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. For this week’s podcast, we talked first with Todd May, that professor helping to advise The Good Place. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge podcast.

Teaching Philosophy 167

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

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. important and/or intriguing content and skills) and engaging activities and assignments. Renken, M.S.

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. The same is true for educators, whose teaching philosophies are often shaped by moments that happened when they weren't in front of the classroom.

Coaching 146

Coaching English Students Teaching Philosophy 146

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

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. important and/or intriguing content and skills) and engaging activities and assignments. Renken, M.S.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Your engagement with these topics may take the form of assigned readings and/or videos, class discussions, and/or assignments. See below for an example: Upon reviewing the course syllabus, you will see that our course covers content that may be emotionally difficult. These topics include, but are not limited to, [insert topics].

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Your engagement with these topics may take the form of assigned readings and/or videos, class discussions, and/or assignments. See below for an example: Upon reviewing the course syllabus, you will see that our course covers content that may be emotionally difficult. These topics include, but are not limited to, [insert topics].

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

So in terms of instead of assigning a paper, is there another way that a student can demonstrate their learning of whatever objective that you have, that isn't a traditional research paper. So as I learned more about how to help learners be more motivated, and allow them to recognize their own agency in their learning.

Teaching 97

Teaching Textbooks Teaching Philosophy Ethics 97