Most students expect to see one professor at the front of the classroom throughout the semester. But for those attending Harvey Mudd College, a STEM-focused institution in California, it’s not unusual ...
The 'egg carton' organization of schools has outlived its usefulness. Schools of the 21st century must break away from their 19th-century, “egg carton” organization. A new paradigm based on how ...
The Obama administration’s Race to the Top initiative is focusing more attention than ever before on teaching effectiveness, with federal funds tied to strategies that improve student performance. For ...
The Drexel Guide to Team Teaching is intended for instructors interested in developing successful, productive, and joyous team teaching partnerships, whether they are teaching together for the first ...
Lee Schulman’s term “pedagogical solitude” captures a pervasive problem in academic teaching: many of us teach in isolation, with few opportunities for intellectual or creative exchange with fellow ...
A teacher-in-training darted among students, tallying how many needed his help with a history unit on Islam. A veteran math teacher hovered near a cluster of desks, coaching some 50 freshmen on a ...