Have you heard of the transparency concept in teaching gateway courses?
Category: Higher Education
Former students as guest teachers, and the peer learning trend
Posted in Higher Education, and Trends and Change
Today I finally tried something that I’ve long meant to do: bringing in former students to have a freeform, open discussion with current students about how they can succeed in the class they just started.
No matter how long you teach, the turning of the semesters is kind of exciting. The countdown to commencement, daunting piles of grading, and finally “being done” mark a familiar rhythm season in and season out.
One of the favorite questions I have ever been asked about the psychology of learning was uncomfortably direct, and a bit taboo: What’s the role of boredom?
I just got back from giving a workshop and author talk at a school in upstate New York that I absolutely love.