Pursuing the Passionate Path
The Hub is pleased to add to its repertoire podcasts from MC staff and faculty on how their personal experience has influenced their work at MC, whether it be in the classroom or in the way they relate to students.…
Pedagogical Discussions: Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) and the Effect High Ranking Instructors Have on Student Success
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 2:30 - 3:30 pm Rockville, MT 214 Facilitator: Gloria Barron Recent research demonstrates that evaluations can be influenced by factors other than teaching ability such as student/teacher characteristics and the physical environment. During this session, we…
Student Reactions to 2016 Presidential Election
The day after the election, I wrote the words “I feel…” on the board, and my students did a free write for about 30 minutes. Then, they were invited to share their reflections with the class. Most students chose to…
Radically Inclusive Classrooms – Lilly Conference 2017
Discuss strategies for creating inclusive, respectful learning environments that foster civil discourse; utilize teaching resources designed to promote critical thinking, diversity and inclusion; and apply strategies for analyzing fake news and media resources. Download Radically Inclusive Classrooms Presentation
Provide Multiple Avenues to Success
Do Overs: Ensure that students are given multiple opportunities to learn from their mistakes and make improvements. Ex. Paper revisions and test do-overs are two common ways to help students learn from their mistakes. Varied Assessments: If possible, try to…
Microaggressions in the Classroom
Introduction to Microaggressions in the Classroom By watching these videos, we hope that you will achieve the following outcomes: Understand what microaggressions are; How they manifest themselves in the classroom; and Through discussion with colleagues and additional reading, learn best…
I Am Activity
Goals: Based on the book Part Asian, 100% Hapa (2006) by Kip Fulbeck, this activity is designed to build community and help students learn about one another by expressing their identities on their terms. Download I Am Activity Presentation
Cultural Iceberg
Goals: (1) help students understand how their cultures affect their and others’ perceptions and behavior (2) raise student awareness of your classroom’s culture to help avoid culture-based misunderstandings Download Cultural Iceberg Presentation
Connecting Learning to Students’ Lives Principles
Real World Application: Provide examples of modern applications of concepts to solve problems facing today’s world. Ex. In the Conceptual Physics class, I wove the concepts into three themes and taught all the concepts through these themes (driving, cooking, and…
Bystander Intervention Training Post Election
A group of us here at the college have been trained in a bystander intervention model (some of those folks are even on this email thread). This training is geared specifically towards sexual assault, but it certainly has applicability for…