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 […]
Archive | Reflection
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 […]
Reflection: Finland Does It Again!
What’s in that water in Finland? First they abolish standardized, summative, high stakes testing —and come out in the top 5 in all numeracy and literacy categories on the PISA […]
Teaching Philosophy
In the spring of 2000, when I officially enrolled in Kingsborough at eighteen years old, I was told to go to the PAC building to take a placement exam. While […]
ACRL – Frameworks
When considering student-centered learning, and creating my statement of teaching philosophy, it makes sense to discuss the ACRL frameworks which is a hugely debated pedagogical framework which grows out of […]
Digital Storytelling as a Student Centered Pedagogy
Online and blended classes should be student-centered, robust, and engaged learning environments, but I can say after working with many faculty over the years, they don’t always hit the mark. […]
Teaching and Researching with Feeling
The things I like best about myself as a teacher and the things I work to refine share a boundary: excitement. I move around the room, peeking into group work. […]
How We Judge Learning (and How It Judges Us)
Today, I had an incredible, exhausting, inspiring hour today with Matt, the relentless and caring personal trainer at our gym. Before we dove into the tough stuff, he tested me […]
3/10 Student-Centered Pedagogy Class Recap
Mapping the Futures of Higher Education Session Plan – March 10 – Student-Centered Pedagogy 415-615 pm Room 9206; Livestreamed at bit.ly/FuturesED-live Group 2: Student-Centered Pedagogy Michelle Gabay (Kingsborough) Developmental […]
NYPL Mapping Division and NYPL Labs Visit: Photo Essay
On Friday, March 6, members from the Futures Initiative team and the graduate Mapping the Futures course met with the NYPL Mapping Division and NYPL Labs for a behind-the-scenes look […]