What’s Holding Back Good Teaching?
Has teaching improved? It’s a question I’ve been putting to myself here on the backside of a long career.
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
November 8, 2024
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Philosophy of Teaching
Performative Personae? Finding Vulnerability via the Virtual, Authenticity after the Augmented
On a rainy April afternoon, students in the back row of my class whispered to each other as I, increasingly irritated with their disengagement, stood at the chalkboard lecturing on Death of a Salesman.
Katie E. O'Leary
November 1, 2024
Want to Do Better Work? Just Say No
“Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time and more tranquility. Ask yourself
Brett Whysel
July 10, 2024
Thinking about What Happened. . .
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on June 27, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. When a discussion didn’t go anywhere.When a group couldn’t seem
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
June 7, 2024
The Courage to Piece Back the Broken Paradox in Higher Education: Our Inner Work Can Change the Outer World
In my (re)reading of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life (1997) and its iterations, it becomes more
Long Le, PhD
April 10, 2024
Believing, Teaching, and Evolving Pedagogy Beyond the Pandemic: Lessons from Ted Lasso
As a faculty member in a graduate program in educational leadership, I underestimated how the pandemic would impact my teaching—and change the way I approached
Tiffany J. Cresswell-Yeager, PhD
June 14, 2023
Reflecting on Your First Day of Teaching
An interesting exercise we do during our faculty development program is reminisce about the very first day we taught as a teacher. It might be
Jayanti Dutta
April 14, 2023
Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement
Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education. Yes, ChatGPT could write it and
Peter J. Stapleton
April 7, 2023
Increase Faculty Resilience with Co-regulation Skills
Think back to the day you were hired as a faculty member—whether tenured, full-time, or adjunct. What did you feel? Many would say excitement, eagerness,
Michele Poulos
February 1, 2023
Questions: Why Do They Matter?
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on September 26, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. In his Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
Patty Kohler-Evans, EdD
January 13, 2023