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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

Faculty Focus

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Use formative assessment. How might this work?

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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

Faculty Focus

I was handed a syllabus, a classroom, and students, and left to figure out the rest on my own. In preparing that first course, I focused on what I thought were the essentials of teaching: finalizing the syllabus, picking the readings, and writing the assignments. Use formative assessment. How might this work?

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

Scholarly Teacher

What does the language in the syllabus/assignment assume about students (e.g., We learned that feedback related to linguistic implicit biases usually centered on: assumptions about relevant real-world contexts, misconceptions about knowledge and abilities, and rubric grading for grammar vs rhetorical intentions. link] Cook-Sather, A.