Learning to Lean In
Male and female learners may face dissimilar challenges in the classroom. While males may have a clear idea of what they want to study, and even where they expect to work upon graduation, students at ...
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Are we becoming a rare ...
The world is facing a critical shortage of teachers. The UNESCO Institute of Statistics reports that “at least 74 countries face an acute shortage of teachers while about 59 million children are exc...
Hurray for May!
The universal experience for educators: the last week of the cycle before finals. It feels like many of the students make a secret pact to boycott exam preparations. Activities that are usually met wi...
Introverted Teachers
What is an Introvert? Between 30% and 50% of people have introverted personality types. While this personality type may be a minority within a given population, these teachers (and learners) have dist...
Edutaining & The Ar...
The expectation for education to be increasingly entertaining has steadily grown since the mid 1980’s. At times, student demands for games and fun are insatiable. There are some days when I pu...
Writing for the newslet...
Let’s be honest. Our plates are already full, right? Teaching, preping, advising, meeting, emailing, commuting, … . So, why bother about writing an article for the newsletter? Well, if yo...