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Awakening Mindfulness In Science Education, Olga Calderón

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Contemplative/mindful education focuses on practices that enable class participants to develop awareness of the events that transpires in the moment in the classroom. Breathing meditation, radical listening, awareness of own and other’s emotions, compassion for others, reflection and conversation, are practices that are used as interventions to manage and ameliorate diverse emotions that often arise in the science classroom. This study took place in a graduate History and Philosophy of Science Education class for pre-service and in-service teachers at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in the spring of 2014. The goal was to encourage participants to …

Is Teaching About Selling? Absolutely., Norman Eng

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In this post, Dr. Norman Eng gives his perspective on the much-debated question of whether teaching is about selling. It comes back to our understanding (or perception) of selling.

Feeling Overwhelmed, Professors? Let’S Fix That (Q&A With Dr. Tim Slater), Norman Eng

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Dr. Tim Slater discusses time management ideas that new professors should keep in mind. What are his top recommendations? How do you juggle multiple professional opportunities? How do you grade large classes? We discuss this and more in my Q&A with "The Busy Professor."

Students: Professors, I Wish You Would.., Norman Eng

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What do students wish they could tell their professors about their instruction but never do? Read their unvarnished responses in this eye-opening post.

5 Tech Tools Every Professor Should Use Now, Norman Eng

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What Do You Do When Your Student Plagiarizes A Minor Assignment?, Norman Eng

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Time to ask the class, I thought. In the K-12 classroom, teachers do this all the time. When patterns of behavior occur, such as bullying or tattling, the best teachers call for “community meetings.”

Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide To Lecturing, Presenting, And Engaging Students, Norman Eng

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Your students aren’t reading. They aren’t engaged in class. Getting them to talk is like pulling teeth. Whatever the situation, your reality is not meeting your expectations. Change is needed. But who’s got the time? Or maybe you’re just starting out, and you want to get it right the first time.

If so, Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students is the blueprint. Written for early career instructors, this easy-to-implement guide teaches you to:

• Think like advertisers to understand your target audience—your students
• Adopt the active learning approach of the best K-12 teachers
• Write a syllabus …