Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

Be Innovative I was lucky to be mentored by educators who challenged me to move beyond traditional teaching methods. She encouraged me to try new teaching strategies and take risks, even when they felt uncertain. Her example helped me see failure not as defeat, but as an essential part of learning.

Beliefs 105

Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

Be Innovative I was lucky to be mentored by educators who challenged me to move beyond traditional teaching methods. She encouraged me to try new teaching strategies and take risks, even when they felt uncertain. Her example helped me see failure not as defeat, but as an essential part of learning.

Beliefs 98

Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. This may seem like an obvious question, but why do games engage kids more than traditional teaching methods that emphasize content?

Game-Based Learning 168

Game-Based Learning Teaching Learning Testing 168

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

But their praises were also minced with a bit of visible surprise or even confusion about my motivation or interest in open education issues. People who are interested in the teaching aspect of the job certainly like the notion of sharing materials,” says Skidmore.

Textbooks 126

Textbooks Instructors Education Peer Review 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

The challenge is further compounded by students balancing their studies with household chores which can lead to decreased motivation if adequate support is not provided by the instructor. Many students struggle with motivation and time management, often due to external distractions.

Student Engagement 99

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 99

Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

The challenge is further compounded by students balancing their studies with household chores which can lead to decreased motivation if adequate support is not provided by the instructor. Many students struggle with motivation and time management, often due to external distractions.

Student Engagement 75

Student Engagement Instructors Lecturing Students 75

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

In the bad-old days of college teaching, especially in technical subjects, professors would stand before a classroom of freshmen and say, “Look to the right, look to the left. The idea was fear of failure would motivate students to do whatever it takes to stay above water academically. One of them will not graduate.”

Ethics 167

Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 167