According to O’Halloran (as cited by Cho, 2016), “primary examples of student and academic affairs collaborations include academic support, orientation, service, residential, and policy and planning activities”. As an admissions counselor, from the moment that I have completed an application and enrolled a student, I...
The openness of the incoming teacher applicant to real-life situations in the class can help improve teaching style. This practice attempts to reach the applicant early on in their practice, and expose the applicant to experiences that exceed many aspects, styles and approaches to teaching,...
The teaching has grown with my many years of teaching experience. As I reflect on my beliefs regarding teaching and learning, I find that my mission as a college professor has three basic components; to promote positive learning, to spark enthusiasm for learning, to provide...
Do you remember taking standardized tests as a kid? I sure do. I’m sure you remember the stress, strain, and preparations you and your teacher had. Well, it is my belief that we should do away with standardized tests because standardized testing has been proven...
Going to a college-prep private school for my six through ninth grade year, I was very familiar with homework. Each of my seven plus classes gave me approximately one hour of homework per night allowing me little to no time to play sports, hangout with...
Education has been crucial in the formation of our society, and so has homework. Homework has been around since public schooling was invented, and thus, it’s a rarely questioned practice. However, homework has fallen under extreme controversy in the recent years, with some talking about...
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid” -Albert Einstein. This quote applies to standardized testing, and how it doesn’t measure the creativity of students. Although standardized testing...
Critical pedagogy is an ideal of democratic schooling which aims to challenge inequity and is committed to social justice. Critical pedagogy aims to challenge inequality through uncovering, learning, and then challenging systems of oppression. Critical pedagogy also relies upon the assertion that difference is socially...
Don Lorenzo Milani was born into a very privileged family in Florence. Milani’s father was a University pro-fessor, his grandfather an archaeologist of repute and his great grandfather an internationally renowned philologist. Milani was certainly not religiously influenced by his parents. His mother declared herself...