I recently had an experience that I suspect every instructor can relate to – I was just finishing up office hours and heading home when a student stopped by ‘just to chat’. Nearly an hour (and four or five topics) later, I was finally out the door. In hindsight, it struck me just how much…Continue Reading Setting boundaries
As the semester heads into its final stretch, my PSY 101 course finally makes its move from the foundational science of psychology (principles of brain and behavior, cognition, perception, development, etc.) into the applied use of psychology to address mental health concerns (the stuff many students thought they’d get all along!). There’s still lots of…Continue Reading Habits and Signs: Mental Health Resources from the Campaign to Change Direction
Last week, Lars Larson challenged us to integrate interleaving into our courses, basing his proposal on principles found in Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel’s Make it Stick (2014). One simple approach to interleaving is to bridge the introduction of material over two classes while also working on a different topic or concept. Although I know to…Continue Reading “…and I was happy not to finish what I had intended.”
Recently, UP’s College of Arts & Sciences held its annual book-club reading of a work on pedagogy. This year’s title was Make it Stick: the Science of Successful Learning (P. Brown/H. Roediger/M. McDaniel, 2014), and Jeffrey White led faculty in a discussion. If you were among the participants, did the book’s methods “to learn better…Continue Reading Sticky Skills
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. Many of us know the feeling: seeing that first-year student “fail” (sometimes meaning a C, but still…) their first exam, and having to suddenly confront their…Continue Reading Mentally Healthy: Failure (Deprivation) and Resilience?