Change and Continuity
All faculty experience growth and change over time in their professional lives, but sometimes it is surprising how constant their passion remains for their subject.
Carol reflects on the changes she continues to make in her pedagogy over the years, including having students do more original research. She also speaks about preparation, improvisation, yielding more control of the class to the students—favoring process over coverage—and her passion for her discipline.
Clara talks about why she "tweaks" courses every time she teaches and the importance of keeping the material fresh.
Clara reflects, several months after the course has ended, on how her students' learning was affected by her redesign efforts.
Bill reflects on how he has developed as a teacher, including staging assignments and attention to writing in general. He also describes his own increased comfort in sharing his own research and the process of how historians work.
Parna discusses her changing attitude about trans-historical connections that students make and her own changing goals in teaching history.
Deanna reflects on how she has become more comfortable as a teacher and how she has opened up her classroom to allow more student discovery learning.
Arjendu reflects on how his no-lecture method has changed his role as a teacher both in the classroom itself and in the preparation for each class. He also discusses changes he will make in the future to further enhance student learning.