…up revealing far more to the committee than huge stacks of non-annotated documents. In a similar way, an annotated syllabus, describing how and why the instructor has improved the course…
…during the holidays. Stay within your established schedule. Students need order in any classroom; the syllabus, your class schedule, and the course website offer a stability that students can count…
…professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, encourages faculty to plan for teachable moments by viewing each syllabus through the eyes of their students. By doing this you can…
…feel welcome and to get an overview of the course. The instructor needs to have introductions, provide a syllabus and instructions for the course, and yes, to teach something. The…
…say they are required, and the syllabus explicitly states what is graded, but many participate anyway because it’s something that’s innately interesting to them or it’s something they feel they…
…in which students choose the most interesting topics from a drop-down list. Then the syllabus can reflect those topics. Q: How do you communicate to the students what to expect?…
…only 10 percent of what you wanted to do in a class done and still feeling good. It’s about deviating from the course syllabus or lecture schedule easily when there…
…syllabus is the best place to look for this alignment. “Choices about assignments and projects, testing, and classroom dynamics should ideally be consistent with elements of one’s teaching philosophy. Philosophical…
