José Bowen: Using Feedback From Students to Improve Your Teaching
José Bowen, president of Goucher College, says encouraging his college instructors to take risks is crucial to promote a culture of teaching on campus. “The first time you try a group activity, students are going to hate it and you’re probably not very good at it yet anyway,” Dr. Bowen tells ACUE in this month’s Expert […]
News Roundup: Teaching Students to Learn From History
This week, one professor looks back in history to help students find inspiration to influence social change, and the POD Network launches a new white paper series to advance the scholarship of teaching and learning. News and insights delivered to your inbox every week: The ‘Q’ Newsletter Pedagogy in protesting.Instructors can use student activism as […]
Teaching Students to Learn From History
Debunking Learning Myths
Teaching About Controversy
News Roundup: Scaling effective instruction
This week in higher ed news, a new tool to visualize student feedback and why relinquishing control of your classroom is key to student learning. Sign up for The ‘Q’ Newsletter for weekly news and insights. Teaching with outcomes. ACE released a paper and hosted a webinar discussing the research linking student learning and effective instruction. (ACE) Tough conversations. Four […]
Scaling Effective Instruction
ACE paper: Evidence-based teaching practices linked to student success, but not widely used
Effective teaching is closely linked to student success, but evidence-based practices are still not widely used in higher education, finds a white paper released this week by the American Council on Education (ACE). “Instruction matters,” concludes the paper, Unpacking Relationships: Instruction and Student Outcomes. “And higher education needs to provide support for faculty to help […]
News Roundup: Avoiding Fixed Mindset Traps
This week in higher ed news, embracing imperfection in the classroom and discovering students’s hidden talents. Sign up for The ‘Q’ Newsletter for the latest news and insights about higher education teaching and learning. Redesigning teaching. In an interview with ACUE, Michael Wesch discusses what inspired him to change his teaching and explains why instructors should understand […]
