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Connecting with Students: Seeing Through a Performance Pedagogy Lens
Principles of Performance Pedagogy provide fundamental support for learning in any discipline. Performance Pedagogy values harnessing students’ pre-existing strengths and their own collection of knowledge and unique experiences. In this post, I discuss different perspectives we can bring to how we engage with students. Drive-Thru Pedagogy Blog Pick up something practical. Connecting with...
Teaching Statistics with House Shopping
Statistics is an extremely practical tool used in many business applications ranging from quality control in manufacturing, Netflix recommendations to Google ads. However, it is also an abstract topic that intimidates and frustrates many students. To help students learn and apply statistics more effectively, I asked them to go house shopping. Well, they just needed to pretend to buy a house....
Rethinking Student Assignments | Part 3: Multimodal Assignments – Structure vs. Choice
In part 1 of this series, I discussed how I like to think about multimodal assignments as holistically integrated into the syllabus. It’s great when an assignment can be all planned out before that syllabus gets its first amendment, but sometimes (most of the time, maybe) it’s just gotta be a work in progress. For me, the key is keeping it flexible. Drive-Thru Pedagogy Blog Pick up something...
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment
Many in education have seen the various equality vs. equity graphics circulated throughout professional development sessions. One shows various animals that are all expected to climb a tree despite their differences in mobility. In another, children of different heights are trying to watch a baseball game behind a fence but the crates they stand on to gain a viewing advantage are all the same...
Reframing accommodations on your syllabus
The syllabus sets the tone for the course from the very first day — this is our opportunity to welcome all of our students! Welcoming students with disabilities reflects the William & Mary values of belonging, flourishing, and respect, but it can require reframing our stock legalistic language about accommodations. My accommodations statement appears on my syllabi before any other course...
Rethinking Student Assignments | Part 2: How to think about Technical Skills
What skills do you want your students to develop when they create a multimodal project? If you’re assigning an essay, you’re probably hoping students will improve their writing. That same expectation should apply to a multimodal project. At some level, you want the students to be better producers (and consumers) of whatever medium they’re creating. There are many skill sets at play in any...
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