A Teaching Philosophy Journey: Peeling Back the Layers
How do you find your teaching philosophy? How do get to the core of your teaching beliefs and summarize it in a teaching philosophy statement?
Faculty Focus
October 15, 2021
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS
Philosophy of Teaching
Applying Vedic Techniques to Online Learning
Often students are unaware that education is a journey from the external to the internal: From information to knowledge and from knowledge to realization. As
Nita Gopal
October 4, 2021
Seven Strategies for Embracing the Emotional Labor of Teaching
While attending a student success workshop a few years ago and gaining strategies to connect with students, I thought, “What about how hard I work
Ashley Harvey, PhD, LMFT
September 20, 2021
Six Ways To Fall in Love with Teaching Again
There’s that wonderful moment upon stepping into your first classroom ready for all its delights, discoveries, and even disputes when you think to yourself that
Noura Badawi, EdD, Edna Murugan, PhD, and Sen Padilla, DrPH
September 8, 2021
The Online Teaching Strategy: How to Personalize Your Motivation
It seems as if eons ago, we began to hear about online instruction. Historically, when the community college that I formerly taught at began to
Ken Scott, EdD, and Kenyetta McCurty, PhD
August 13, 2021
Making Learning Last: How to Improve the Psychology of Education
The capacity for people to learn and grow is nearly limitless. The human body can adapt to harsh environments, and the brain can learn, adapt,
Sam Buemi, PhD
June 30, 2021
Ludic Pedagogy: Schooling Our Students in Fun
As much of the higher education experience has moved online in the throes of a global pandemic, there is much discourse about how to survive
T. Keith Edmunds, PhD, and Sharon Lauricella, PhD
April 23, 2021
Why You Should Be a Selfish Instructor
With coronavirus vaccines now approved for use, there is finally some light at containing the COVID-19 tunnel that has been restricting activities for the past
Shazia A. Ahmed, PhD, and Juliet V. Spencer, PhD
March 5, 2021
The Value of Chit-Chat in Higher Education
Remember the “good ol’ days?” How often did you walk down a hallway of your academic unit and pass a student, faculty or staff member,
Stefanie T. Baier, PhD, and Henry (Rique) Campa III, PhD
February 19, 2021
New Role for Academics: Guardians of Lives
During a recent physical, my doctor informed me that my blood pressure was off the charts. She asked if I was experiencing stress. I thought,
Mary Hoeft
December 4, 2020