Topic: Teaching and learning
Living Publicly on Campus: Social Media and Its Discontents
There’s little point in adopting a reactionary approach to the pervasive use of social media on campus. Members of the university community are deciding how social media works on campus, and they will work through the problems as they arise.
READ MORETen Things About Your Course Syllabus
Yes, obviously, you need to put your office hours, due dates, and course readings & assignments. Here are ten other things to consider.
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Intellectuals and Democracy
What’s an education for? Philosopher Mark Kingwell analyzes our era’s market-utility responses to this question. He argues, however, that education is about making us better and more engaged citizens, perhaps even better people.
READ MOREThe ‘digital native’ rhetoric: A Trojan Horse of neo-liberalism?
The evidence simply is not there for the claims that a new generation of tech-savvy students require pedagogies based on new technologies like clickers, podcasts, and online courses.
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Lost horizons
Just what is the big picture perspective on knowledge, what is its value, and how is this perspective restored for students?
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You Can Lead Students To Knowledge, But How Do You Make Them Think?
The psychological defences students have get in the way of learning critical thought. How can university teachers encourage student to confront these defenses?
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Back to school days
The challenges and joys of the professor-student. At age 51, a neurosurgeon returns to school.
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Bridging the Digital Divide
A Non-Technical Approach to the Use of New Technology in Post-Secondary Teaching and Learning.
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My year as a grade 12 student
With baby boomers now planning retirement, education in the “third age” will continue to expand. Teachers will need better preparation to meet the learning needs of older adults, but university departments that specialize in adult education have been under threat since the 1990s.
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Equity and social justice, Participation and enrolment, Students, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees
Broadening accessibility to postsecondary education in Canada
Increasing access to postsecondary education is a challenging problem with no easy solutions. But given Canada’s demographics and the rapidly changing nature of our economy, it’s a problem we cannot ignore. We can’t afford to be satisfied with current participation rates while key components of our population are ill-equipped to engage with the emerging social and economic realities of the twenty-first century.
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