Critical thinkers are not born, critical thinkers are made. As I discussed in my previous blog, we really need to go beyond motivation and engagement (also essential and necessary factors) to give students the necessary tools to become active critical thinkers. However, we must also be realistic. We are not going to succeed […]
After teaching every semester for the past four years, observing a class has been a gratifying experience as well as an (unexpectedly) thought-provoking one. On the one hand, I felt, and I still do, that it is the perfect opportunity to sit back and reflect on my teaching and learning experiences without over-thinking the […]
By Inés Vañó García and Naomi Lewandowski Being part of The Open Teaching Initiative’s Class Visit Exchange Program has been an opportunity to reflect on teaching and learning strategies from a brand new point of view. Although as Ph.D. students and adjuncts we deal with Faculty Observations each semester, this time was an entirely different […]
