Readings on Teaching Literature
When I say that the recent scholarship on teaching literature includes the most interesting and significant work currently going on in higher education, readers should know that I am (wildly!) […]
Author Archives: Paul T. Corrigan
Eric Mazur’s Incredible Transformation in Teaching College Physics
In Our Underachieving Colleges, Derek Bok relates the rather incredible story of how Eric Mazur, a Harvard physicist, discovered a serious but hidden problem with his teaching and, as a result, changed […]
College Could Be Better: What You Need to Know about the C2B2 Virus
If a person believes that College Could Be Better, not just marginally so, not just theoretically so, but substantially and actually better, if they believe that changes could actually be made that would result in students learning more and learning more deeply, then she or he is infected with the C2B2 virus or “the idea.”
Why Learn about Learning? For the Love of Learning
We who teach ought to read about learning. It is a professional obligation, even if not always a cultural or contractual one. But it’s not just an obligation. It’s not […]
Definition of Exceptional Learning, Ken Bain
In What the Best College Teachers Do, a widely regard text and one of our More Core Readings, Ken Bain defines the best teachers simply as “those people who have […]
Listservs on Teaching and Learning
Farhad Manjoo calls listservs “one of the most important things on the Internet.” He says that “we should all be participating in more listservs.” He even goes so far as […]
Teaching & Learning in Higher Ed. 