Option #2 In Kovalty memoir she got in detail about the conditions people were suffering through when they are in the holocaust. Today we have learned about the past and […]
Archive | March, 2015
GC Wellness Center Resources
Hello everyone, While we’re focusing on life circumstances that affect the students we teach, it’s also important not to neglect our own wellbeing. The Wellness Center offers terrific resources to GC […]
Propaganda Pitches: More Adventures in Student-Centered Pedagogy
By Irene Morrison-Moncure on March 29, 2015 in formative assessment, Reflection, student-centered pedagogy
Last week I tried out another student-centered activity in my Roots class. All semester I have been attempting to transform many of my mini-lectures into activities where the students present […]
What If Group Work Led to Papers and a Panel?
Over on Facebook, where I get a lot of my education on pedagogy, one of my former students posted a very modest comment about, as she was rushing to throw […]
What we (don’t) talk about when we talk about adjuncting
I came across this wonderful post from The New Yorker about the adjunct problem and thought it could spark a good conversation. Have you come out to your students as […]
Brookings on (among other things) Student Engagement
The Brown Center at Brookings has released their 2015 Report on American Education. There’s a lot to delve into, but I wanted to offer (and solicit!) some thoughts on their […]
Mapping Brooklyn (Exhibit)
I came across this cool-looking exhibit and thought folks might be interested. Also, if anyone wants a field trip, let me know and I’ll send out a Doodle poll! Mapping […]
1982 Interview with CUNY Chancellor Joseph S. Murray
Listen to former CUNY Chancellor Joseph S. Murray defend the policy of Open Admissions at CUNY. It’s so brilliant. When asked skeptically about the quality of the students that it […]
Why Graduate Training Must Change If We Want To Reverse Income Inequality #FuturesEd
Yesterday, in “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” a student-led graduate course for Graduate Center students currently teaching in the CUNY system, we had a unit on “Life Circumstances and […]
Bridging Our Perspectives: eight ideas for whole-class participation and learning from Pedagogy Unbound
As a follow-up to our wonderfully inspiring Mapping Futures class last night on “Professors and Persistence” I thought I would share two blog posts in Pedagogy Unbound curated by David […]
