Tag: slow
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Understanding Today’s Students, 4
Part 4 in the Series: Implications for Our Teaching Read Part 3 “They may comfortably become passive consumers of their education…. It is our responsibility as faculty to not let this happen.”1 Because of some of the characteristics of iGen students (see Parts 1, 2, and 3), some of our work as teachers is both…
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Sitting Down & Staying Still
The progressive breakdown of my computer and resulting residencies of IT guys have conspired to force me to read some of the books I have stacked on my desk. Today, I read the copy of Teaching with Heart: Poetry that Speaks to the Courage to Teach (Intrator & Scribner, eds., 2014) we ordered for our…
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Stories of the Slow Professor
Last week, I attended my 10th consecutive conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)–in many ways, the highlight of my academic year, as it feels very much like ‘going home.’ After five days, though, it’s good to be back in my real home, and I’m grateful for a Sunday…
Nancy L. Chick 