Recommended reads #107
Why teachers suck
“Rather than teaching students to fail, I want them to learn to define their own personal rules
Thinking critically about the ways we help our students
Folks can throw around the word “mentoring” rather sloppily. Which can lead students to being told that they’re being
We need to stop calling professional development a “pipeline”
When we talk about increasing the representation of women and ethnic minorities in STEM, the path towards a professional career
Recommended reads #106
The case against using Turnitin in your own classroom.
When teaching for understanding is pitted against teaching for doing well
The people you work with predict whether you’re happy at work
What most affects the quality of life for academics? I’ll put this question another way: at the end of
How bad is the loss of NSF dissertation improvement grants?
Last week, NSF announced they have stopped awarding DDIGs – the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the divisions of Environmental Biology
Recommended reads #105
David Attenborough regrets spending so much time away from his family. (I should note that I’m writing this from
Drop everything and check your page proofs, or else
The turnaround time that journal publishers demand for correcting page proofs is crazy, right? I honestly have no idea what
Are there universities that care about both research and teaching?
I read an interesting piece from a computer science professor at Bucknell, who documented his path to discovering universities “in
Recommended reads #104
It’s been two weeks already!? Here’s some reads for what remains of the long holiday weekend, for those