Some may believe that research and teaching are mutually exclusive responsibilities within academia (see Coate et al., 2001 for a review). However, leading research labs
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 21, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Positive classroom climate can encourage students to participate, think
What is an inclusive college classroom? An inclusive college classroom is one in which all students feel supported, valued, and recognized as unique individuals with
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 2, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Previously in The Teaching Professor (31.7), I wrote about my efforts
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on July 5, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. First impressions are important and you can make favorable
For decades, students have used highlighters to color-code notes and to indicate key passages of research sources, but there is another, less common but equally
Overview of mindfulness in the classroom Many educators at the tertiary level have recently been incorporating mindfulness techniques into their practice to create a non-threatening
University-level instructors need strategies to assist with engaging students intellectually in the critical work of centering classroom thinking and scholarship on equity and social justice.
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on June 3, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. I give students in my literature courses a lot
In the fall of 2018 in the United States, there were roughly 19,600,000 students enrolled in distance education courses (National Center for Education Statistics, 2022).