Archive for September, 2015
Angelique Dwyer: I’m a Gustie and This is How I Teach
Angelique Dwyer Assistant Professor in Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures; Spanish; LALACS; and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies What classes do you regularly teach? SPA-200 Crossing Borders, SPA-280 Social Analysis through Film and Literature in Spanish, SPA-320 From Latin America to Latinos in the U.S., and SPA-390 Through the Lens. Both SPA-200 and SPA-320 have community engagement components with […]
Lisa Dembouski: I’m a Gustie and This is How I Teach
Lisa Dembouski Assistant Professor in Education What classes do you regularly teach? I teach people who are learning to be teachers. Toward that goal, my courses include EDU 268:Orientation to the Teaching Profession (J-Term class), EDU 350: Reading in the Content Areas: Multiple Literacies in 21st Century Classrooms, EDU 389: Inclusive Classrooms, and I supervise student […]
Martin Lang: I’m a Gustie and This is How I Teach
Martin Lang Associate Professor in Communication Studies, Program Director in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and Associate Professor in Film and Media Studies What classes do you regularly teach? Media and Society, Public Discourse, Communication and Gender, Media/Culture/Power, Video Representation What’s the best advice about teaching you’ve ever received? Manage expectations. It has been an enormous help to […]
Rebecca Fremo: I’m a Gustie and This is How I Teach
Rebecca Fremo Associate Professor in English (Edgar M. Carlson Award Winner) What classes do you regularly teach? FTS: Why Multi Matters or Stories, Selves and Communities ENG 212: Academic Writing ENG 256: Writing Creative Nonfiction ENG 247: Teaching Writing ENG 237: Adolescent Literature and Literacy What’s the best advice about teaching you’ve ever received? “Try […]
Pamela Kittelson: I’m a Gustie and This is How I Teach
Pamela Kittelson Professor in Biology and Environmental Studies What classes do you regularly teach? Principles of Biology (Bio101), Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (Bio202), Plant Physiology and Ecology. What’s the best advice about teaching you’ve ever received? They are inter-related: less is more, and focus on quality rather than quantity. The classes I teach are information-rich, and the […]
This is How Gusties Teach
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology maintains an interesting blog that seeks to make how faculty members teach more visible with the rationale that “teaching shouldn’t be a private activity, but often it turns out that way. We don’t get to see inside each others’ classrooms, even though we’d probably benefit if only we could!” […]