Effective Teaching Strategies

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Community in the Classroom

Personal connections lead to success. As educators, it is our responsibility to make space in our classrooms for all students to feel welcomed and encouraged

Teresa Thompson September 4, 2024

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Making Memories on the First Day of Class

With classes about to begin for a new semester at colleges and universities across the world, instructors and students are preparing for the common experience of the first day of class.

Donald A. Saucier, PhD, Noah D. Renken, MS, Colleen E. Fulton, BS, and Ashley Schiffer, MS August 26, 2024

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On the First Day of Class, Begin with Intrigue

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living crap out of my students.

Paul Hanstedt, PhD August 23, 2024

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The Unexpected Benefits of Play

Recently, my family and I visited New Orleans where we enjoyed walking through its historical and distinct districts. We found ourselves in one area that was lined with antique shops on both sides of the street and that stretched for a few blocks.

Teresa Thompson August 21, 2024

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

If you teach, you know about learning outcomes. Unless you inherited your courses from someone else, you’ve developed lists of them. You’ve probably had to submit these lists to the administration to be reviewed and possibly revised.

Joan Flaherty August 16, 2024

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Cultural Immersion: An Eye-Opening Experience to Facilitate Learning

To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia. My objective was to become more skilled in facilitating learning in the area of providing care for a variety of populations; in this case, those with psychiatric symptoms.

Mary Grace Yousef August 12, 2024