Phases and Stages, Part 4, Section B: Pick Up the Tempo I’m still at it…gotta be careful to note when the tempo slows.

The final "chapter" of my review of 31 years of #highschoolteaching . I've tacked on 11 years of #collegeteaching at #StephensCollege.
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Revisiting old course evaluations today, one comment stood out.

A student wrote that the class encouraged them to ask questions and even challenge ideas, including mine as the instructor.

That kind of classroom culture is always the goal.

#CollegeTeaching
#TeachingAndLearning

This is an example of a personal device police that you might consider using in the Spring. It’s specific, transparent, and allows for discussion.

What will be your approach to personal devices in the spring?

#collegeteaching #highered #pedagogy #teaching #facultydevelopment

#CollegeTeaching #TeachersPayTeachers #CriticalThinking #HumanitiesEducation #ReligiousStudies #SpiritualFrameworks #DiversePerspectives

A sign of gender and genre bias from mentioning a blonde woman who sings pop music? Perhaps.
#taylorswift #collegeteaching

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Life Is Just a Classroom: Student Perceptions of Courses Incorporating Popular Culture Some faculty design and teach college courses that incorporate popular culture, presumably to engage and spark interest in students. The purpose of this study is to examine student perceptions of c...

Me: my study is published!
Husband: what’s it about?
Me: student perceptions of courses incorporating popular culture
Husband: so Taylor Swift?

He knows me so well 🫶

#swiftie #sotl #openaccess #collegeteaching #studentmotivation

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🎉 Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the keynote speaker for this year's #ASA2025 Teaching Preconference Workshop: Dr. Brian Powell!

@asanews.bsky.social #teaching #collegeteaching

Knowing students’ names is important, but figuring this out is a game-changer for building classroom community. For educators building work and learning spaces where people productively collaborate across differences, feel they belong, and can thrive.

My latest blog post is live! For my colleagues thinking about the importance of classroom community this semester: I describe an easy assignment you can use to “read the room” and use the info to build a cooperative learning community.

#edusky #collegeteaching

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From a student essay: "When I am not focused on my looks, I find a sense of comfort in taking naps."
Bless.
#amteaching #collegeteaching #gradinghell

Professors, lecturers, and early career scholars:

What is your advice for making teaching statements stand out? 🤔💭

#academicsky #teaching #stem #academia #college #academicchatter #teachingstatements #collegeteaching #inclusiveteaching #inclusivescicomm

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"Communicative strategies alone secure inclusion without equity. By contrast, equitable assignments and teaching activities promote just treatment, widened access, and a concrete path for educational success at a structural level."
#highered #pedagogy #sociology #collegeteaching #teaching #firstgen

The most important question I ask myself when planning class activities (either online or f2f): “Would I want to do this activity if I were a student?” If the answer is no, I don’t assign it in class. #highered #teachingandlearning #collegeteaching #universityteaching #SoTL

Having students collaborate and share notes on a etextbook motivates them and promotes active reading. New article on my research on this topic here! #sotl #oer #openaccess #annotation #collegeteaching #edpsych #edtech #readingresearch #digitalreading doi.org/10.25304/rlt...