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Lesson Planning: At the Intersection of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Knowledge Dimensions

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Revisiting Bloom’s Taxonomy In the 1950’s Benjamin Bloom and other researchers collaborated to create what is known as Bloom’s Taxonomy of cognitive processes. This has been revised over the years and includes today six cognitive dimensions: Remember: recall facts and basic concepts (e.g., define, list, state) Understand: explain ideas or concepts (e.g., describe, explain, summarize)…Continue Reading Lesson Planning: At the Intersection of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Knowledge Dimensions

Overcoming White Fragility by Facing Race

  What if white professors like me spent less time denying our racism and more effort exploring its factuality? One of the most vital books I have read in years builds a case for taking on this provocative challenge. White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism (2018) by Robin…Continue Reading Overcoming White Fragility by Facing Race

Getting Involved with the UP Academic Network for Mental Health

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Are you interested in improving your knowledge around student mental health to facilitate working with all the diverse students in your classes and departments? As part of ongoing efforts to attend to student mental health at UP, and as part of UP’s participation in the JED Foundation’s Campus Mental Health Action Planning, we are developing…Continue Reading Getting Involved with the UP Academic Network for Mental Health

What can an instructional designer do for your course?

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Have you ever worked with an instructional designer to improve a course? According to a recent study released by Inside Higher Ed, the chances are that you haven’t. Only a quarter of faculty participants in the study have experience working with an instructional designer, but those who have “overwhelmingly appreciated the experience” – a full 93%…Continue Reading What can an instructional designer do for your course?

Mentally Healthy: Reducing (Student) Stress

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This post is an entry for Part II of the Mentally Healthy resource guide for UP faculty and academic staff working with students who might have mental health concerns. There is a study I cite often when teaching my Lifespan Development course about psychological well-being across ages that always resonates with students. Researchers took data…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: Reducing (Student) Stress