This last semester, I started a new part-time teaching job at a community college near my house. It’s been a semester of discovery. I’ve taught at a small state school before, and for the last five and a half years, I’ve had the privilege of teaching at a private denominational college. A community college is not the same thing at all. I won’t delve into all the reasons, but one of the biggest is the diverse set of needs and abilities that are present in […]
A new curriculum initiative to try!
I’m always in the market for reading material that invigorates my pedagogy, so when The Chancellor sent me a recommendation for Making Curriculum Pop on Goodreads, I was intrigued. This is a K-12 educational book, but I often find that I can adapt to the college level, particularly in my Composition courses. Pam Goble and Ryan Goble (brother and sister, not husband and wife) are both educators, and they want to incorporate many kinds of written, verbal, visual, and cultural texts in their learning instruction […]