Episodes
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Collaborative Rubric Construction
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Students may not immediately trust faculty who they perceive as being different from themselves. In this episode, Dr. Fen Kennedy joins us to discuss how collaborative rubric construction can be used as a strategy for building and maintaining trust. Fen is an assistant professor of dance at the University of Alabama and the author of a chapter in Picture a Professor, edited by Jessamyn Neuhaus.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Pedagogies of Care: Creativity
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Is creativity something you value in the work that students produce? In this episode, Natasha Haugnes and Martin Springborg join us to discuss ways to spark, motivate, and support creativity.
Natasha has served in faculty and curriculum development at the Academy of Art University and as an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts. Martin is the Director of Teaching and Learning at Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County Technical College, Natasha and Martin both contributed to the Pedagogies of Care project and are two co-authors (with Hoag Holmgren) of Meaningful Grading: A Guide for Faculty in the Arts.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Peer instruction
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Imagine a scenario where students retain knowledge effectively and are active and engaged participants who are self-aware of what they know (and don’t know). Did you picture a lecture class, students taking a test, or students writing? In this episode, John discusses three ways in which he has been using peer-instruction in his classes: classroom polling, calibrated peer review writing assignments, and two-stage exams.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Writing Better Writing Assignments
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Complaints about student writing are embedded in faculty conversations across disciplines. What if the issues with student writing, though, are not their fault, but ours instead? In this episode, Allison Rank and Heather Pool join us to share suggestions about writing better writing prompts that provide student with explicit expectations.
Allison Rank is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego and Dr. Heather Pool is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Denison University.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.