Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Maybe you were curled up by the fire, reading a good book, and perhaps considering how you were going to integrate feedback, change up your courses, and add some jazz, flavor, and maybe a little bit of spice to your courses. I would like to take you on a bit of a journey – back to mid-December when we were on winter break.

Feedback 111

Feedback Secondary Education Teaching Philosophy Assignments 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

I hope to facilitate a clearer understanding of both experiential and applied learning so that instructors can use these approaches strategically, when appropriate to course goals, to help their students develop intellectually, personally, and professionally.

Instructors 105

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

In my confusion, I began reading for curiosity rather than exams. 1 That moment of reading was transformative. To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. If students want to know how well they did in an assignment, they must read my feedback. But when I graduated, I felt lost.

Grades 93

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 93

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The paid version of ChatGPT has been continually upgraded and can also create and read images, transcribe voice conversations, and create code in multiple languages (OpenAI, n.d.). This is a theoretical exercise without one right answer, but your response reveals key foci as an instructor. 2023; Gordon, 2023). For students?

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. One of the writers, Dan Schofield, picked up a little book I'd written on death and read it, recommended it to Mike Schur [the show’s creator]. What are the benefits of doing this over reading a philosophy text, say? Todd May: Actually it was purely luck.

Teaching Philosophy 167

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Ethics Syllabus 167

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class. As instructors, we should prepare to rock the first day of class every semester as we introduce ourselves and our content to a new cohort of students.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Instructors Activities Teaching Philosophy 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., Ultimately, content disclosures serve as an explicit demonstration of instructors’ regard for their students’ well-being. Boysen, 2017).

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 119

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

While we should challenge students to think about topics outside their comfort zones, this challenge should be met with appropriate support on behalf of the instructor (see Saucier et al., Ultimately, content disclosures serve as an explicit demonstration of instructors’ regard for their students’ well-being. Boysen, 2017).

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Course Design Instructors Teaching Philosophy 111