TMAC sat down with Mary Bravo (Associate Professor, Psychology) this week to discuss the pleasures of teaching critical thinking in courses like Experimental Psychology. One of several required courses in the major, Experimental Psych offers students opportunities to reason about data and design. In particular, Bravo encourages her students to be appropriately skeptical about reports … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Mary Bravo…
Month: October 2013
Teaching Matters Weekly 10.11.13
Coming soon: Lunchtime workshop (9/24) on handling classroom disruptions (see below) Faculty Spotlight: In our inaugural Faculty Spotlight, Dr. Richard Epstein (Associate Professor, English) shares his approach to overcoming students’ preconceived notions and prejudices when teaching linguistics. From the Bookshelf: Reconnecting Reading and Writing is a new collection of essays edited by Alice S. Horning … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 10.11.13…
Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Richard Epstein
Dr. Richard Epstein (Associate Professor, English) teaches linguistics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and he faces a unique challenge in his teaching: students’ preconceived notions about how language works. “People don’t talk like books. They speak in fragments and run-ons. Students have to unlearn the ideas that grammar is primarily about right and … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Richard Epstein…
Teaching Matters Weekly 10.1.13
Faculty Spotlight: Last week, we announced that this space will feature innovative and effective teaching by faculty (full or part time) and TAs from every department. This week, we solicit nominations on topics and teachers you might like to see profiled in this space. Feel free to shine a Spotlight on a colleague, perhaps one … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 10.1.13…