Around the WebI'm busy leading lots and lots of faculty learning communities, so I'll keep this week's newsletter short and sweet. Here are a few items of interest around the web that I think readers might find interesting.
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Welcome to the Intentional Teaching newsletter! I'm Derek Bruff, educator and author. The name of this newsletter is a reminder that we should be intentional in how we teach, but also in how we develop as teachers over time. I hope this newsletter will be a valuable part of your professional development as an educator.
Teaching Habits of Mind with Becky Marchiel Last year while working at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Mississippi, my colleague Emily Donahoe and I organized a panel of faculty on the topic of alternatives to the traditional essay. One of the panelists that Emily recruited was Becky Marchiel, associate professor of history, who asks students in her United States history survey course to conduct oral histories with people born before 1970. Students can...
Teaching in an Election Year with Bethany Morrison It is a presidential election year here in the United States, and that can make for some high-stakes discussions in our classes. I had been wanting to share some strategies for navigating those conversations, when earlier this month I saw a new blog post titled "Preparing to Teach During the 2024 Election" from Bethany Morrison, political scientist and assistant director at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) at the...
Improving Teaching at the Institution Level with Lindsay Masland Back in September 2023, Beth McMurtrie published an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "Americans Value Good Teaching. Do Colleges?" The piece explores some of the ways that the policies and practices at colleges and universities don't live up to the promises those institutions make concerning their teaching missions. While the article is mostly bad news for those who care about teaching and learning, McMurtrie...