An Internship for the Professor
Reflecting on my career as a teaching psychologist, I realized I was missing something. Trained as an experimentalist and employed academically to teach courses in the experimental areas of psychology,…
Students’ Conceptions of Teaching and Learning
A large study of students enrolled in geography courses at multiple universities in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States looked at their conceptions of geography, teaching,…
Balancing the Demands of Teaching, Scholarship, and Service
Faculty roles are defined by a combination of institutional culture and discipline standards, and achieving the right balance among teaching, scholarship, and service should be an important consideration for individual…
Transformational Teaching and Learning
The relatively new pedagogical periodical Academy of Management Learning & Education has a regular feature I very much enjoy and wish was part of more of the discipline-based periodicals on…
The Changing Role of the Online Learning Advocate
Early advocates of online learning focused their efforts on demonstrating online learning's legitimacy to the broader community. Now, as an increasing body of literature supports the notion that there are…
Scheduling Courses for Flexibility and Student Success
With the growth of distance education and changes in student demographics, the traditional class schedule, when a class meets two or three times a week, may no longer be what…
Leadership Not Just for Administrators
Colleges and universities need leadership at every level, but often faculty are reluctant to lend their leadership abilities because the notion of them as leaders is often at odds with…
Active Online Learning Prepares Students for the Workplace, Reflects Changing Learning Styles Preferences
Changing workplace demands and student learning style preferences require that instructors rethink their courses. No longer can students passively absorb knowledge. They must become active learners -- interacting with peers…
Changes in the Academic Profession
As college teachers, most of us know that the profession is changing, but we aren't always as up on the details as we should be. The changes occurring today have…
The Student as College Customer
A recent informal poll conducted by Magna Publications' electronic newsletters Faculty Focus and Eye on Students asked, "Would you like to see student affairs work more closely with academic affairs…