What Students Wish You Knew (Fall 2019 Edition)

Every semester, I ask my students the #1 thing they wish they could tell their professors. Something they wouldn’t tell you directly. Something you may not always recognize

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Focusing Less on Teaching and More on Learning

When you teach, do you ever ask yourself: What should I teach? Or What should I cover this week? Focusing on “teaching” can be deadly. With the new semester upon

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Your Goal the First Day of Class Should be This

I started my college class last week with a story: Researchers at the University of Maryland asked 200 of their professors, “What are your biggest concerns the first

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The Dirty Secret in Higher Ed? We Never Learned to Teach

  “Really? No wonder my classes were so boring!” That sums up the reactions I get when people hear this. While faculty salaries make up one-third of college

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The #1 Reason Your Students Don’t Participate

You know that feeling when someone embarrasses you? Or when you get shut down? Student do. They know when professors respond sarcastically. Or trivialize their responses. It makes

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