…to define disciplinary areas and academic territories. Troublesome – Here Meyer and Land defer to the work of Perkins, who previously explored the idea of troublesome knowledge. Threshold concepts, Meyer…
…importance of meeting the academic and developmental needs of each student. Whether formally or informally, college students have been learners all of their lives. Why not ask them to indicate…
Consider this hypothetical situation: The vice president of academic affairs has just sent you a cryptic email asking you to define the impact of your faculty development center. Could you…
…not only supports their view, but also incorporates opposing viewpoints. Students learn to search and evaluate peer-reviewed academic articles to support their observations, as they are required to incorporate at…
…more likely to overestimate how well they are doing in the course. This can hinder their academic success. There’s no reason to adjust their behavior (say, by studying more) if…
…academic articles, not due to lack of effort. In this case, merely telling them that their account is wrong is unhelpful. They need to learn how to read academic work….
…dearth of academic literature about creating and fostering fun in the higher education classroom. To remedy this unforgivable oversight, we propose Ludic Pedagogy as a teaching philosophy that embraces the…
…uncertainty. Currently, instructors are busy preparing for the 2020-2021 academic year where several students will continue taking courses online. At my institution, fall academic courses will be primarily virtual (along with…
