How do you motivate in the classroom? While as a student, there were a number of tactics that were practiced by my educators. Some of these were motivating, and many were not (and probably weren’t intended to be motivating). As
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I read a very interesting article from OUSA regarding the matter of University Professors lack of mandatory training in teaching. Why aren’t Professors at both Universities and Colleges not expected to also officially train in the area of teaching? I
In continuation of my previous post on teaching evaluations, I feel like it would be fun to post some of my most favourite/hilarious comments I have received from students over the last few years. It is true that my hands
Every year in all of the courses I teach, I am evaluated by my students. This is a time of extreme anxiety. When I first started teaching, I was on a one year contract. For the most part (although not
One of the least favourite parts of my job is when cheating and lying happens. As midterm season wraps up and I’ve just finished with catching and dealing with a number of those who have cheated I am reminded why
As a graduate student, I loved collecting data. I couldn’t wait for experiments to finish so that I could start analyzing (even better if I could analyze in the evening with a cup of coffee in hand….ah perfection). NERD!! Yes,