Here’s an assignment I recently developed and tested out on a group of students andRead More
Tag: teaching
Cruelty-Free Syllabi
This Inside Higher Edarticle about a particularly punishing course syllabus is extreme, but many college professors haveRead More
Why They Can’t Write by John Warner
1. For a couple years now, I’ve made it a point to read John Warner’sRead More
Pass No Pass
I’ve turned grades in for this term, so now am beginning to think about myRead More
Knowing What I Know Now
I woke at 3am with the thought that the classes I’m currently teaching are goingRead More
New Educations
1. I survived high school by reading books about education. My mother worked at theRead More
Against the Grade
The backstory: Me and my grading I gave a presentation last month for the SummerRead More
How Public? Why Public?
In the Interdisciplinary Studies program where I have begun working, we encourage students to goRead More
Assigning a Bad Book, Actively
At the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Lingua Franca blog, linguist Geoffrey Pullum declares, “We should notRead More
