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Supporting students through better communication
Three practical strategies to enhance student success.
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Considering non-disposable assignments for your teaching
This is an opportunity to create value beyond an individual student’s learning.
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Teaching students the benefits of planning backwards
By visualizing the end goal of a project or assignment from the get-go, students can clearly identify which steps are truly necessary.
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TA Tipline, part 1: starting the semester off right
Experienced teaching assistants offer guidance for first timers and veterans looking for new ideas.
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Royal Roads moves the classroom outside
A professor’s donation goes towards an open-air classroom meant to encourage dialogue without distraction.
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Job readiness is learned both inside the classroom and out
Part-time and summer jobs can be valuable sources of experiential learning and critical thinking for students.
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What role should faculty play in supporting student mental health?
In all the strategizing, expanding and refining of services on offer to students who struggle with anxiety, depression or any number of other serious mental illnesses, faculty are asking, where do we fit?
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Social entrepreneurship gains ground on Canadian campuses
An array of new programs gives students an opportunity to tackle issues of importance to their local communities.
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To teach or to entertain, that is the question
Or, to quote Gord Downie, "I'm not going to do the dancing bear!"
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The economics of math education
We need to refocus and intensify our efforts on math education if Canada is to compete internationally.
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7 teaching tips to consider for your classroom
We asked our readers: what is the one teaching tip, tool or technique you can’t live without?
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I trust that my student’s grandparent died
Students need to reach out for help, and our systems must work to provide solutions.
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Arbitration decision on student evaluations of teaching applauded by faculty
Such evaluations can’t be used for tenure and promotion decisions, arbitrator rules in case involving Ryerson University.
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McMaster wins international award for teaching excellence
The university is a pioneer of problem-based learning and was one of the first Canadian institutions to open a teaching and learning centre.
