Archive : May 2007
802. Maintaining Senior Faculty Productivity
May 29, 2007
Read comments[2] Add comment[!]
"Another point concerns the decision on how a faculty member chooses the work that defines himself or herself from a professional perspective and how that may vary depending on career stage. Each faculty member must make this decision regardless of whether the expectations for tenure and further advancement are based on teaching or research parameters."
Read the full entry for "802. Maintaining Senior Faculty Productivity"
Posted by markep on May 29, 2007
801. Teaching in the U.S. Classroom
Read comments[3] Add comment[!]
"While students in the U.S. are taught as early as elementary school that "there is no such thing as a stupid question," many international TAs and international faculty are stunned by the boldness and occasional naïveté of their students' questions."
Read the full entry for "801. Teaching in the U.S. Classroom"
Posted by markep on May 29, 2007
800. How to Prepare New Courses While Keeping Your Sanity
May 22, 2007
Read comments[4] Add comment[!]
"You'll spend an outlandish amount of time on the course-ten hours or more of preparation for every lecture hour. You'll start neglecting your research and your personal life just to keep up with the course preparation, and if you're unfortunate enough to have two new preps at once, you may no longer have a personal life to neglect. Your lecture notes will be so long and dense that to cover them you'll have to lecture at a pace no normal human being could possibly follow; you'll have no time for interactivity in class; and you'll end up skimming some important material or skipping it altogether."
Read the full entry for "800. How to Prepare New Courses While Keeping Your Sanity"
Posted by markep on May 22, 2007
799. Defending the Community College Equity Agenda (review)
Read comments[1] Add comment[!]
"So then, should community colleges be praised for the important role they play in expanding opportunity for low-income, minority, and nontraditional-aged students? Or do they deserve the criticism they receive for diverting students from their ultimate goal-a four-year degree?"
Read the full entry for "799. Defending the Community College Equity Agenda (review)"
Posted by markep on May 22, 2007
798. Don't Waste Your Summer
May 15, 2007
Read comments[1] Add comment[!]
"When your summer deadline is only in your own mind, it is easy to shift your schedule and end up with a personal "incomplete" in August. Therefore, I tell the faculty and students I work with to "go public" to increase their sense of accountability."
Read the full entry for "798. Don't Waste Your Summer"
Posted by markep on May 15, 2007
797. Teaching for Transformation: From Learning Theory to Teaching Strategies
Read comments[1] Add comment[!]
"Transformative learning is in clear contrast to the more common process of assimilative learning, the type of learning that takes place when students simply acquire new information that can easily fit into their preexisting knowledge structures. Whereas some college-level courses are aimed at assimilative learning, most courses require at least some level of transformative learning."
Posted by markep on May 15, 2007
796. A Baker's Dozen Ideas to Foster Engagement
May 08, 2007
Read comments[3] Add comment[!]
"Curriculum played little role in student success. It was student involvement, fostered by student/student interaction and student/faculty interaction that predicted student success."
Read the full entry for "796. A Baker's Dozen Ideas to Foster Engagement"
Posted by markep on May 8, 2007
795. Motivating Today's College Students
Read comments[0] Add comment[!]
"Rather than expend the time necessary to encounter new ideas, reflect, and make connections with their existing worldview, many of our students carefully budget the minimum amount of time necessary to allow them to achieve the grades they desire while fitting in as many other activities as they possibly can."
Read the full entry for "795. Motivating Today's College Students"
Posted by markep on May 8, 2007