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HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS

Seven Principles of Good Practice in Teaching and Learning

What’s Bad about Good Practices?

The Socratic questioning strategy described in the article appealed to me. I could see how it would cut down on quizzes, grading, and the whole sad enterprise of writing multiple- guess questions that dulled students’ thinking. I made some adaptations and expectantly implemented it in my introduction to political theory course.

Those expectations quickly dissolved. At her desk, one of my best students…

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