Posts Tagged ‘improve my teaching’
January 23 - Six Steps to Making Positive Changes in Your Teaching
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog
I’m working my way through a 33-page review of scholarship on instructional change in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines. The authors reviewed an impressive 191 conceptual and empirical journal articles. However, what they found isn’t impressive both in terms of the quality of the scholarship on this topic and in terms of instructional change in general.
August 20 - Transforming Teaching through Supplementary Evaluations
By: Karyn W. Tunks, PhD in Faculty Evaluation
Incredible changes have occurred in the brief 25 years I have spent as a professor in higher education. In the area of technology alone, significant innovations have impacted the way people work, play, and learn. The benefits these technological advances bring to faculty and students are incalculable.
Yet, some areas of higher education have undergone very little change.
June 18 - How Can Objects and Analogies Improve My Teaching?
By: Mary Bart in 20 Minute Mentor, Teaching & Learning
In this session Dr. Ken Alford explains how props and other visual aids can engage students in exciting new ways; leading to better discussions and learning.
