English teacher Vatricia Harris came to Westwood High School in Mesa, Ariz. eight years ago as an experienced—and disillusioned—educator. “I came here because I was trying to figure out if I was going ...
Giving teachers more control over their collaboration with peers may boost the effectiveness of teacher teams and encourage educators to stay in the classroom. For example, at Westwood High School in ...
Most students expect to see one professor at the front of the classroom throughout the semester. But for those attending Harvey Mudd College, a STEM-focused institution in California, it’s not unusual ...
Lee Schulman’s term “pedagogical solitude” captures a pervasive problem in academic teaching: many of us teach in isolation, with few opportunities for intellectual or creative exchange with fellow ...