Category: Tips on Teaching

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

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