Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Reams have been written about the challenges with general education at US colleges and universities. Students often view general education requirements (gen eds) as “hurdles” to overcome on their way to the learning that matters to them. The sentiment is especially cacophonous in online education. Why am I doing this?”

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Nearly 6,500 students and educators across 26 different schools, districts, or youth organizations, have taken part in their workshops since Gethard co-founded the program with Marlon Morgan, CEO of parent nonprofit Wellness Together. We learned that different people need different types of support, which betters us as mentors.”

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam Ngo Thanh is an educational leader, innovator, and advocate for equity-driven, holistic learning. Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation.

Interdisciplinary 247

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

First, all students, regardless of their SES (socio-economic status) standing, showed significantly higher levels of retained learning than the control group which used the time-honored lectures, basic active learning techniques, and case approaches.

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 96

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Students in higher education also deserve nurturing spaces that focus on utilizing their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. Final Reflections Former U.S.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Tell a colleague that you are committing to the work of becoming a more inclusive educator.

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 96

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

According to this survey , 42% of Americans disliked math classes during their K-12 education. Make Math Interactive with Technology Instead of relying solely on lectures, use technology to help students visualize concepts: Desmos for interactive graphing. Lets be honest, math doesnt have the best reputation.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Notedly, when educators engage in reflection, it is usually in the form of John Dewey : We do not learn from experiencewe learn from reflecting on experience. Not to be overlooked is when educators circulate their knowing-in-action with and for others, this signifies beyond-action, cultivating double-loop learning for all to benefit from.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

If your dreams include working as an electrical and computer engineer, then you can start at any stage of your education process to set yourself up for success. Furthermore, you need to set yourself up for success by doing your research and finding the education that suits your needs best. This will be further outlined below.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. Systems thinking helps students understand the broader purpose of their education and how different disciplines interconnect.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam Ngo Thanh is an educational leader, innovator, and advocate for equity-driven, holistic learning. Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Students in higher education also deserve nurturing spaces that focus on utilizing their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. Final Reflections Former U.S.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

What if I told you the education system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly the way it was built to? And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. But what we see in higher education—missed assignments, low engagement, quiet classrooms—isn’t always a motivation issue.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

What if I told you the education system isn’t broken—it’s working exactly the way it was built to? And students from those environments bring that context with them when they walk into our lecture halls. But what we see in higher education—missed assignments, low engagement, quiet classrooms—isn’t always a motivation issue.

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Teaching Elementary School Elementary School Failure 54

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. They are co-creators of it.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 54

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Jeff LeBlanc (image courtesy of Jeff LeBlanc) I’m a business and leadership lecturer, and I’ve worked with Gen Z since the earliest wave entered higher education. But from where I sit — in a college classroom, year after year — it’s not that simple.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Ultimately, this list provides a glimpse of what some undergraduate business students are dabbling with and educators should consider trying them out. Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore. ” Journal of educational psychology 100, no. 23268-23275.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Something broke in American education these past years. You might argue that the traditional classroom still plays an essential role in education, but the rapid growth of online and hybrid models suggests otherwise. This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles?

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. “As educators, we’re very used to writing learning objectives,” Rivers says. Blunt inserts a special slide at key points in her slide decks as a prompt to do this.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

And it doesn't necessarily have to be robust movement either: one study found that when people doodle while listening to a lecture, they retain nearly 30 percent more of the information. In other words, our bodies can know stuff through movement for which our brains aren't yet ready.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. Systems thinking helps students understand the broader purpose of their education and how different disciplines interconnect.

Art 97

Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Generative AI is changing the landscape of higher education, in both good and bad ways (Balch, 2023). In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing. Chronicles of Higher Education.

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Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

With classrooms evolving and student engagement more important than ever, educators are looking for innovative solutions to enhance learning, boost efficiency and inspire creativity in dynamic learning environments. Epson is showcasing its latest display and print technology solutions in booth #1719.

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Lecturing Interactive Teaching Learning Spaces Classroom Management 130

Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Ultimately, this list provides a glimpse of what some undergraduate business students are dabbling with and educators should consider trying them out. Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore. ” Journal of educational psychology 100, no. 23268-23275.

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Writing Students Communication Lecturing 93

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

With Googles Enterprise Device Licensing Agreement (EDLA) Certification and added functionality, the new 3-Series empowers professionals and educators to deliver dynamic and impactful content by providing cutting-edge tools that streamline management and elevate engagement.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

To understand the full range of consequences stemming from Turnitin’s place in higher education, CalMatters and The Markup interviewed dozens of students, faculty members and administrators across the state and obtained Turnitin purchase orders documenting the amount paid over time by approximately 60 colleges there. I trust you.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 118

Scholarly Teacher

MAY 8, 2025

Todd Zakrajsek*, UNC-Chapel Hill; ITLC-Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching and LearningArtificial intelligence (AI) has become synonymous with efficiency and outcomes in higher education. AI is also often used to create lecture outlines, simulations, problem-solving activities, formative assessment analyses, and content mapping.

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Teaching Lecturing Intelligence Students 52

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Holes in their education Especially for students who are the first in their families to attend college, what should have been their moment of triumph became months of tension. A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. There were a lot of holes in their education,” she said.

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Math English Lecturing High School 89

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Lecturing at the front of the room allows reluctant students to disengage easily, especially if they don’t understand what you’re teaching (and they’re not likely to ask questions about it). Shift to a student-centered classroom It’s no secret that teacher-centered classrooms are on the way out in the 21st century.

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Pros: This classroom desk configuration is great for lecture-based teaching or if you do a lot of board work because it ensures that all students can easily see the teacher and the board at the front of the classroom. Teacher-created classroom setup resources can give you new ideas that have already been tested out by other educators.

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Classroom Management Discussions Grades Lecturing 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. Teaching With a Self Teaching with a self is the default in Western societies and models of education. But a few years ago, I removed the slide.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 72

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. Teaching With a Self Teaching with a self is the default in Western societies and models of education. But a few years ago, I removed the slide.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 71

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

These Would You Rather questions for high school students are perfect conversation starters that will get your students thinking about education options and life after high school in a low-pressure, engaging way. Your ringtone blasts in class, or you start snoring mid-lecture? Lead the class as a teacher or run the show as a principal?

High School 52

High School High School Questions Schools 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

I’ve developed somewhat of a complex in the last year being a college student with an interest in the education system. I had a very knowledgeable teacher, but lecture slides were available online, and they covered almost all of the material for the course. As a junior at Washington University in St.

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Study Lecturing Education Internet 211

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 4, 2025

Upon finishing a public lecture on cosmology and the structure of the solar system, James was accosted by a "little old lady." It's humbling to consider, especially as an educator of young children who often show themselves to be closer to the core of the matter than all the scientists, theologians, and philosophers combined.

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Science Lecturing Writing Culture 80

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2016

Key points: Educators know that interactive instructional approaches are more likely to engage students, but they must integrate technology in meaningful ways. Turn lectures into back-and-forth conversations between teachers and students. But to make a real difference, educators have to integrate technology in a meaningful way.

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Lecturing Communication Technology Teachers 284

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

These days it seems most school-wide blended learning programs are taking place not in traditional public education, but in charter schools—for one big reason: Charter schools are able to essentially start from scratch. If some of the more rote sorts of lessons (think lectures, reviewing math facts, etc.)

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Blended Learning Learning History Textbooks 247