by Steven Volk | Apr 21, 2019 | Article of the Week, Uncategorized
(Some reflections after 27 years of teaching including four years as Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning) Steven Bouma-Prediger, Leonard and Marjorie Maas Professor of Reformed Theology, Hope College Contact: boumapred@hope.edu Teaching is an art, the practice...
by Steven Volk | Apr 20, 2019 | Article of the Week, Featured Article, Uncategorized
Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE) and Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College Contact at: svolk@oberlin.edu Hands up those of you who have had students come to your office hours anguishing over the poor grades they...
by Steven Volk | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured Article, Uncategorized
Laurie Hovell McMillin, Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Director of the Writing Program, Oberlin College Contact at: Laurie.McMillin@oberlin.edu (Editor’s Note: This article was first prepared for use by the faculty and staff at Oberlin in March 2019 and...
by Steven Volk | Mar 31, 2019 | Article of the Week
Amity Reading, Department of English, DePauw University As an assistant professor nearing the end of my probationary period, I am intimately familiar with the pressures that attend the tenuring process. I sometimes feel so overwhelmed by the task of compiling a strong...
by Steven Volk | Mar 18, 2019 | Featured Article, Uncategorized
Patrik Hultberg, Coordinator of Educational Effectiveness, Professor of Economics, Kalamazoo College Contact at: Patrik.Hultberg@kzoo.edu [Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Kalamazoo’s “Teaching Commons” on Sept. 26, 2016. It has been slightly updated for...