When dialogue goes off the rails
As professors and facilitators of discussion, we urgently need more training on what to do when discussion goes off the rails, because it does not feel good to let students down.
Joanna Kenty
Gimme a break: active learning breaks in lecture courses
Embrace taking breaks during your lectures, even just for a minute or two, and even at the end of the semester when you're exhausted. It's not laziness, it's cognitive science!
graduate education
Sharing the Wealth: what is an "asset-based" approach to teaching?
It's worth reflecting on what assets you bring to the table as a learner, too, as you think about how to make the most of the assets others bring to your classrooms.
course planning
The Tyranny of Learning Objectives
Inside: 1. A story 2. What is backward design? 3. How did we get here? Some history 4. The takeaway PS: some other taxonomies One day during my teaching years at the University of New Hampshire, I found myself in a department faculty meeting - I think it was a
Civic Engagement in the Classroom, part 2
Missed Part I? Read it here. 3. Create community in your classroom I only taught for a few months during the pandemic. It was one of the hardest challenges I’d faced in teaching—like laying railroad tracks while the train was moving—and I know I wasn’t the
Civic Engagement in the Classroom, part 1
After 8 years of teaching Latin, Greek, Roman civilization, and other topics in the classical world, I’ve moved on to work as a curriculum designer and faculty development facilitator for a small nonprofit, The Citizens Campaign. I’m on a team of former practitioners of government and politics who
Civic Engagement Beyond the Ballot
A lot is going to change, both in politics and in higher education, in 2021. At The Citizens Campaign, we have undertaken a groundbreaking new initiative to meet the fierce urgency of 21st century crises, by giving citizens — especially people of color and economically disadvantaged urban communities — the tools they