GPP 2022

Complex Pedagogy and the Teaching Identity

Complex pedagogy is even more complex than what I was thinking until I began reading some articles on different philosophies and schools of thought on pedagogy and the teaching identity. One of the difficult topics that comes up with complex pedagogy is the type of teaching identity that each individual will create when they step

Assessment

Reading the educause learning initiative document made me think further about how complicated assessment is to bring up in the classroom, specifically in a fast-paced university setting where there may be pushback. When students are complaining about the applicability of courses another frequently heard comment is “when am I going to actually use this in

Problem Based Learning

One of the largest complaints that I’ve heard from students graduating from engineering is that “we learned next to nothing on the real world.” When examining the engineering course-load it’s easy to see why students would have this common complaint. Students are tested and forced to memorize many formulas, standards, and other bits and pieces

Inclusive Pedagogy

The word “safe space” has become a surprisingly divisive term. We see that certain groups embrace the idea of a safe space while others counter the idea of a safe space by arguing that in the professional world there is no “safe space”. This division is connected to many other facets of society but very

Authentic Teaching

When reading over “The Authentic Self and Communication Skills” a lot of material resonated with me and finally put into words what I have seen and experienced in my own courses. In my own course work where I have been a student it is evident the difference that a professor can make in a student’s

Shift in Administration from Teaching

In recent university existence there seems to be a shift in hiring. Universities have been focusing on hiring administrators over professors and have been focusing on the business aspect of the university system. When analyzing recent hires for the university there has been an increase in the amount hiring done for administrators while the amount

How to Save Higher Education

Higher education to many of us is essential, its no longer an option but is now a base line requirement for any successful career. Minimum wages are stagnant, Americans are not having their wages reflecting the increase in living expenses. Keeping this in mind, the fact that higher education has only gone up and up

Inequality in Pandemic Responses

Corona virus is the topic. It’s been the topic every single day from when it exploded in November of last year in China and became even more talked about once it hit the U.S. in March. Schools going online is the only reasonable response to the virus – holding classes in person puts students and

Online Classrooms and Professor’s Thoughts

Being in an age old field such as wood science, there isn’t too much to going on in terms of technology. With these types of times there has been an enormous shift in the amount of technology being implemented into courses and higher education. Whether it be zoom, using online textbooks, or utilizing simple screen