Saint Louis University Law professor, Miriam Cherry, has recently conducted classroom research exploring new ways to teach about employment discrimination. The results of that research are published in the Fall 2013 issue of the Saint Louis University Law Journal. Professor Cherry's article "explores virtual worlds as a teaching technique in the Employment Discrimination class. In… Continue reading Pedagogy and the Teaching of Law
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Teaching a Flipped Class for the Second Time
by Michael Lewis, Associate Vice President for Faculty Development, Associate Professor of Chemistry Last year I taught the course Principles of Chemistry II using a flipped classroom approach. This was my first time teaching the course in this manner, after having taught the course once using a traditional format. The class was relatively large with about… Continue reading Teaching a Flipped Class for the Second Time
Close Only Counts in History and Horseshoes
by Flannery Burke, Ph.D., Associate Professor in History and Fulbright Roving Scholar to Norway Here are three historical mistakes I may have conveyed in the course of teaching American culture to high school English classes in Norway as a part of that nation’s Fulbright Roving Scholars program. Which is most egregious? 1) Abraham Lincoln served as President… Continue reading Close Only Counts in History and Horseshoes
Motivating Student Writers to Revise
by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center Recently, I was invited to facilitate a workshop with faculty on working with student writers. It’s a topic very close to my heart; for almost 15 years, I taught composition classes to undergraduates at all levels, and I served for a time as director of a composition program. It’s… Continue reading Motivating Student Writers to Revise
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