Mike Haeflinger (English PTL) has taught the course “Teaching Creative Writing in Public Schools,” for the past three years, and he remembers the comments of a particular student facing the first day of classroom teaching required by the course: the student was a former member of the military and in that role routinely gave presentations … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight – Mike Haeflinger…
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Teaching Matters Weekly 10.17.13
Next week: Lunchtime workshop (9/24) on handling classroom disruptions (see teaser below) Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Mary Bravo (Associate Professor, Psychology) discusses how she helps students develop critical thinking skills and overcome innate biases in her Experimental Psychology courses. From the Bookshelf: How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching gives an in-depth look at … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 10.17.13…
Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Mary Bravo
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…
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…