Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Like any good millennial, I started by googling “how to recover from poor teaching evaluations” and “is tenure still possible after low evaluations” but found nothing. Or, “previously, students questioned my knowledge.
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 7, 2023
I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Like any good millennial, I started by googling “how to recover from poor teaching evaluations” and “is tenure still possible after low evaluations” but found nothing. Or, “previously, students questioned my knowledge.
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Faculty Focus
APRIL 24, 2025
However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. That is, when do make our reflective practice modus operandi, we declare our commitment in developing our professional knowledge and artistry. we say what we do) and our theory in action (i.e.
Edsurge
JUNE 19, 2017
Both Morgan and Pickett noted that the “metaphor” of the old and wise professor pouring knowledge into students through class lectures is what many graduate students expect. These critiques can discourage other students from taking the course or cost lectures their contract renewals. “I got people telling me; ‘This is history.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Jett spoke in the interview about the ways in which course evaluations contained biases and were not always helpful in informing her teaching approaches. This is the idea of professors making “deposits” of knowledge into students’ minds and then later asking them to regurgitate the information without critical thought.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
In fact, there have been bigger attempts to build central libraries of them in the past, such as a 2001 project by the the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching called the Knowledge Media Laboratory (which is now defunct). A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world.
Edsurge
JUNE 10, 2019
Our strength may already be worn down by going through a challenging promotion and tenure process, or after years of having our research evaluated by peer reviewers who sometimes reject work without giving effective feedback; or reading negative comments from students on our course evaluations.
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