Worried About Cutting Content? (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 7, 2022): A new study from Bryan Dewsbury at Florida International University suggests it’s OK. “Inclusive and Active Pedagogies Reduce Academic outcome Gaps and Improve Long-term Performance,” details a five year study of introductory biology sequence where inclusive and active and active pedagogical approaches were used in comparison to similar courses where didactic approaches were employed.
Group Projects Don’t Need To Be Miserable (John Warner, Inside Higher Ed, July 6, 2022): In fact, they can be fun and rewarding! A follow-up to James Lang’s recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Teaching in the Face of Tragedy (Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Ed, July 6, 2022): Why humanists should teach about tragedy even though many students suffer from trauma and grief.
Students Are Coming to College Less Prepared During the Pandemic (Kathryn Boucher, Hechinger Report, July 5, 2022): They need our help. We must take steps to help students catch up before we lose even more of them.
Inclusive Teaching Visualization Project. This website provides a substantial number of resources for instructors and educational developers designing inclusive teaching approaches. Included are such topics as inclusive teaching in the social science lecture course, a STEM laboratory course, and a First-Year Seminar course. Dr. Tracie Addy the Associate Dean of Teaching and learning at Lafayette College, introduced the project in a blog post in which she noted the many possible uses for this resource.
Midcareer Faculty
Leading with Yes (Aimee LaPointe Terosky and Vicki L. Baker, Inside Higher Ed, July 1, 2022): Advice from Vicki Baker, the E. Maynard Aris Endowed Professor in Economics and management at Albion College, and her colleague at Saint Joseph’s University, both of whom served as scholar-practitioners at the GLCA’s recent capstone meeting on Opening Doors of Dialogue, offer advice to midcareer faculty who are overwhelmed and burned out by continually rising demands on how to successfully reframe how to say “no.”
Enabling Midcareer Faculty of Color to Thrive (Sydney Freeman Jr. and Laura W. Perna, July 8, 2022): The authors ask how prevailing policies and practices are — and are not — recognizing the contributions of those faculty members and provide the support they need to succeed.
The Long Read (for fun)
Teaching Myself Calculus at 65 (Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, July 8, 2022): I was never a good math student, but I was determined to penetrate the mysteries of mathematics. (So says Mr. Wilkinson; I could have said the same.) Enjoy.