Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. We cannot compete with the other resources available to our students in our fundamental content knowledge. Our role is to excite our students about the content.

Instructors 98

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different. However, we all can determine that by reading that AI-generated philosophy, we would need to tweak and edit it.

Teaching Philosophy 111

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 6, 2023

If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different. However, we all can determine that by reading that AI-generated philosophy, we would need to tweak and edit it.

Teaching Philosophy 98

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Beliefs Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. We cannot compete with the other resources available to our students in our fundamental content knowledge. Our role is to excite our students about the content.

Instructors 115

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 115

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Applied learning involves authentic tasks that require students to use the skills and knowledge bases accrued through coursework to solve real-world problems or meet real-world needs. Applied work honors the goals and needs of students from a very practical standpoint.

Instructors 111

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Applied learning involves authentic tasks that require students to use the skills and knowledge bases accrued through coursework to solve real-world problems or meet real-world needs. Applied work honors the goals and needs of students from a very practical standpoint.

Instructors 105

Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy Knowledge 105

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

He compared knowledge to an adventurous exploration, best enjoyed with an open and curious mind. To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. One day, I came across The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang, who critiqued the Chinese education system. 1 That moment of reading was transformative.

Grades 101

Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 101