As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we ...

At some point in their career, every teacher will find themselves having a difficult discussion with their students. My first took place not long after I began teaching. It involved one of my students ...

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...

Think about the goals you want to achieve by the end of the discussion. (What do you want your students to learn or know how to do or think about by the end of section?) Consider your role as a ...

Asking students to dissect the motivations of a character in a book is doing more than teaching them about plot and characterization. This exercise also helps students learn to see different ...

All students at the University at Buffalo have the right to a learning environment free from behaviors that disrupt the learning process. Students are expected to abide by the behavioral expectations ...

Lorenzo Z. Ruiz ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Government Concentrator in Winthrop House. After a year of committees, action plans, and panels, Harvard’s commitment to their “intellectual ...

Some students and educators say classroom discussions are starting to feel more formulaic as generative AI becomes more common in academic work, though broad evidence of a campus-wide shift remains ...

A lecture class of around 75 students taking Marquette's new core curriculum that centers civic discourse. The class is designed to help students learn how to disagree respectfully. It’s a Monday ...

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