Where Does Innovative Teaching Come From?
…faculty member is dubbed ‘Official Faculty Leader.’ It’s about one’s passion. And the best informal faculty leaders are the ones who have engaging personalities. They are approachable. They have integrity….
…faculty member is dubbed ‘Official Faculty Leader.’ It’s about one’s passion. And the best informal faculty leaders are the ones who have engaging personalities. They are approachable. They have integrity….
…intellectual integrity. But is that relevant if students aren’t understanding the explanations? The languages of our disciplines enable us to do our work, but they don’t always expedite the understanding…
…what really matters. Parker Palmer offers this reminder, “Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.” (p. 10) We can…

…on specific faculty needs. Be alert for instructional innovations and determine how best your center can support campus implementation. Exhibit integrity. Credibility is critical to effective faculty development. Campus faculty…
…is certainly possible for presentation skills to compromise the integrity of the educational endeavor. I believe that occurs whenever what happens in a course is more about teaching than learning—performance…

…earned compromises teachers’ integrity. They aren’t being honest or fair. When students get accommodations they don’t deserve, that tarnishes the reputation of their degree program and devalues what education aims…

…best qualities in our students–their capacity for empathy, their hunger for excellence and integrity, their appetite for knowledge—are in a constant battle with their darker impulses—their capacity for meanness, their…

…content is irrelevant. But cheating stunts the growth of personal integrity, and it’s that conversation we should be having with students. The Student Who Only Cares About the Grade –…
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