If you type “teaching mistakes” into your favorite search engine you will get more than 45 million hits. I found articles with titles like “Teaching Mistakes: Four Lessons for Instructors ,” “Ten Worst Teaching Mistakes,” “How… Read More
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It is no secret. More women graduate from college than men. The failures of male students may stem from our American culture and early childhood learning experiences. So says Ali Carr-Chellman. Every college instructor needs to understand his or… Read More This is an extremely broad and encompassing topic. It’s far too large to answer concisely. However, here is my question. If you could give one piece of advice to a new college instructor related to this topic, what would it be? Do you want… Read More Faculty should challenge students to think. However, thinking is exactly what many students do not want to do. I have a couple sources on this topic if you want to seriously delve into this. Or, you can read my article entitled “Why Students… Read More The Challenge of Getting Students to Talk There are a variety of reasons why students do not participate in class. By being mindful of them, an instructor can take steps to overcome those barriers and make classes more enjoyable for all. Why… Read More Why Do Parents Try to Solve the Problems of Their College Student Children? In my article entitled A Parent Guide for Helping College Students, I explain the phenomenon that causes some well-intending parents to be labeled Helicopter Parents. … Read More Maintaining Civility in the College Classroom Disruptive student behaviors pose a challenge for college instructors. In some instances, behaviors are disruptive, but in extreme circumstance they can become threatening. The key is dealing with them… Read More As I often do, I have summarized my recommendations at the end of this article. If you are pressed for time, you might want to scroll down. If you do so, I hope you come back and read the entire article. I would love to hear from you. Let me… Read More Synergy Introduction to Synergy In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey presents Synergy as the 6th Habit. In the introductory article I posted Friday, I gave a dictionary definition of synergy, which was the… Read More Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Stephen Covey’s 5th Habit of Highly Effective People addresses an important aspect of interpersonal communication. Covey begins with a claim that really applies to me. He says, “We have… Read More |
You will definitely like this! You might be a redneck college teacher if ... No. 13: the last time you posted your notes online, students complained because you hung them right next to your wet Long Johns.
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