A Teaching Philosophy Journey: Peeling Back the Layers
How do you find your teaching philosophy? How do get to the core of your teaching beliefs and summarize it in a teaching philosophy statement?
Faculty Focus
October 15, 2021
Philosophy of Teaching
Student to Teacher: The Silent Transformation
Why did no one warn me? I was 25 years old, a second-year master’s student, standing in front of 70-plus undergraduates with my heart pounding
Carlie Cunningham
February 19, 2025
Being Genuine in the Classroom
A few weeks ago, I went to my daughter’s open house at her high school and had a chance to meet her teachers. One teacher
Douglas L. Howard, PhD
January 17, 2025
We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term “experiential
Kathy Hansen, PhD
January 8, 2025
Embracing the Silence
First snowflakes of the season today. Winter is settling in out here in the Pennsylvania countryside.
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
December 18, 2024
It Makes a Difference When Teachers Care
That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated.
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
November 25, 2024
What’s Holding Back Good Teaching?
Has teaching improved? It’s a question I’ve been putting to myself here on the backside of a long career.
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
November 8, 2024
Performative Personae? Finding Vulnerability via the Virtual, Authenticity after the Augmented
On a rainy April afternoon, students in the back row of my class whispered to each other as I, increasingly irritated with their disengagement, stood at the chalkboard lecturing on Death of a Salesman.
Katie E. O'Leary
November 1, 2024
Want to Do Better Work? Just Say No
“Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time and more tranquility. Ask yourself
Brett Whysel
July 10, 2024
Thinking about What Happened. . .
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on June 27, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. When a discussion didn’t go anywhere.When a group couldn’t seem
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
June 7, 2024
The Courage to Piece Back the Broken Paradox in Higher Education: Our Inner Work Can Change the Outer World
In my (re)reading of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life (1997) and its iterations, it becomes more
Long Le, PhD
April 10, 2024
