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Teaching Matters Weekly 10.25.13

Faculty Spotlight: Mike Haeflinger (PTL English) shares his experience with introducing students to teaching practice in his course “Teaching Creative Writing in Public Schools.” From the Bookshelf: This week we feature Graff, Birkenstein and Durst’s They Say, I Say, a required text in Rutgers-Camden’s Composition 102 classes and a useful one across the disciplines in teaching academic … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 10.25.13…

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…