The Better Teacher: A Professor or Another Student?
Professors, particularly at research universities, wear many hats. On the one hand, they are instructors, entrusted to pass on knowledge to their students. On the other hand, they are researchers…
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The Challenges That the UNC System’s Top Teachers See for the Future
Good teaching is vital for college students to learn, but the work demands on professors and what type of work is actually rewarded means that teaching can be of secondary…
Is the UNC System Serious about Teacher Training Reform?
On Valentine’s Day, The University of North Carolina System released “Leading on Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities in Teacher Preparation Across the University of North Carolina System.” For me, it was not love…
Are Students Addicted to Distraction?
A few years ago, something changed in class. I customarily taught classes where my students read multiple books, wrote thoughtful reflective essays, and came to class prepared to engage in…
Part 1: Why having students work in groups can be a good pedagogical approach
Why having students work in groups can be a good pedagogical approach
Part 2: Here is more evidence that group learning fails students
Here is more evidence that group learning fails students
How Much Do They Really Teach?
The UNC system’s official faculty teaching loads don’t add up.
A Common-Sense Look at UNC Faculty Workloads
This paper measures the teaching loads of faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.
Are Research and Teaching Friends or Foes?
Four distinguished economists discuss the trade-offs between higher education’s two main missions.
The glaring omission from Moeser
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill needs more money from taxpayers and donors and more issues advocacy from faculty and administration members, Chancellor James Moeser said this Sept. in his first “State of the University” speech to the Chapel Hill campus.