As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we ...

When students feel like they don’t know the answer to a question, engaging in low-risk conversations can help them find their ...

One of Kevin Gannon’s favorite class discussion activities doesn’t involve much talking. Inspired by complete-the-story games in which players each write a line of a tale that builds off a previous ...

At some point in their career, every teacher will find themselves having a difficult discussion with their students. My first took place not long after I began teaching. It involved one of my students ...

In collecting data for a new study on kindness in high school, this quotation from a student emerged as especially insightful. It illustrates the link between a student's perception of the classroom ...

The integration of technology in education has revolutionized the way students learn and teachers instruct. Educational technology tools and apps have become indispensable in modern classrooms, ...

I read with interest Anna Broadbent’s essay on the benefits and pitfalls of class participation grades. From my perch as a provost, former dean and former department chair, I find that the grade for ...

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas Board of Regents voted Thursday morning to adopt a new policy that creates guidelines for teaching “controversial and contested” subjects. The new policy, ...