Teaching Tuesday: How do ecologists teach and are there barriers to change?
Continuing on in my presentation of results from a survey of higher education in ecology, I am going to spend
This attempt to create an inclusive professional blog
Running this blog has been a wonderful experience. I think it’s a productive and professional use of my time,
Friday Recommended Reads #7
What are deans thinking when they’re evaluating tenure cases? Apparently, at least one of them is sizing professors up
Why host a speaker?
I recently went over why seminar speakers might give a talk. Now, the flipside:
What is to be gained by
Hittin’ the lecture circuit
Over the next couple weeks, my show is going on the road!
Tour dates:
* 18 Oct 2013 – Boulder
* 28 Oct
Teaching Tuesday: teaching tools ecologists find effective
As an antidote to last weeks challenges to teaching ecology, here I’ve collected all the responses to the question:
Why give a seminar?
What is the purpose of an invited seminar?
Everybody wants to give a great seminar. But when the speaker gives
A response to censorship by Scientific American [updated]
This post is mostly inside baseball among blog people, but it’s an important topic that I don’t want
Friday Recommended Reads #6
My favorite new comic is BuzzHootRoar. It’s brand new, with two new comics that have come out this week.
Efficient teaching: class needs to end on time
Class needs to end when it is supposed to end.
If you did not plan adequately, it is not acceptable
