Professor Deeply Hurt by Student’s Evaluation, The Onion
I came across this bit of satire from The Onion archives just in time for looking over my own student course evaluations for the semester. The unsigned fake-news report “Professor […]
Author Archives: Paul T. Corrigan
The Teaching Professor, Maryellen Weimer
Many people know Maryellen Weimer for her landmark book Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. In this book, one of our recommended core readings, Weimer gives a compelling argument for […]
More Core Readings on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
In our list of core readings, we recommend a manageable number of very good books from the scholarship on teaching and learning in higher education. But are these books the […]
Recommending a Good Book Is an Act of Generosity and Possibility
Many teachers first read the scholarship on teaching and learning when someone they respect and trust recommends a book or an article. Recommending a good and fitting reading is an act of generosity and possibility. This has certainly been the case for me.
New Pedagogies in Higher Education, Fink et al.
This short document on “New Pedagogies in Higher Education” (PDF)* put together by L. Dee Fink,** Mary Allen, and Patricia Iannuzz introduces and overviews “seven sets of new pedagogies.” I […]
The Grammar Apocalypse
To hear it from some, we’re in the midst of the grammar apocalypse. It’s not just that students can’t write well. It’s that they can’t even put coherent sentences together. […]
