Hallway conversations about teaching and learning
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If you teach high school or introductory college physics (or just know the subject well), I wonder if you can tell what I’ve done wrong here: OK, well, I haven’t given you a lot of context. Early in our study of forces, I make sure students see a lot of examples of objects that are […]
Things have slowed a bit here at TMV. I was going to write about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision. I have some sketchy notes; I was thinking about the fact that the vast majority of US students don’t attend the selective sorts of institutions where affirmative action ever applied. I was thinking about how […]
Taking some time to reflect on our teaching — before and/or after we teach a lesson or activity, at the end of each week, during and after the teaching term — is a beautiful way for us to connect with our own Inner Knowing about our teaching and our students, and to continue on our […]
For this post, I wanted to share a contradiction in my work that I’ve really struggled with. I got into the work that I do – managing education-related programs with a focus on US college/university physics departments – because I wanted future physics/STEM students to have better experiences in physics and related fields. As I […]
I am having lots of trouble keeping up with various commitments. Being here is one of them! But when I think of this place as a conversation rather than a set of settled statements, it helps. So, this is like the quick text I might send to a friend just to keep things going, even […]
When I was introduced to the practice of ungrading, I was drawn to a simple description provided by Jesse Stommel. The practice itself isn’t simple at all, but it was described, simply. I don’t even remember a super specific definition, just what it made me think about. I remember that this description prompted me to […]
“To transform the world, education needs to be transformed.” -UNESCO Futures of Education Report This image perfectly illustrates why I LOVE my job. I truly do–even on days when I’m tired, going to work and being with kids all day is truly a gift. I love my students. I also worry about them–losing sleep sometimes. […]
I’ve been teaching at the college level for many years. My goal is for my students to learn more than they thought they could in my courses, and to be empowered by that experience. I push them to work hard and to show me what they’re learning. I have had many, many students who have […]
As a White-passing multiracial cis-female scientist (among other identities), I reflect on the personal challenges and mental reframing for deeply engaging in equity, diversity, and inclusion work.
I was supposed to be playing ultimate frisbee with my women’s league team tonight but instead I was sitting on a bench at the playground beside the fields crying my eyes out on the phone to my father. About work. About how I had way too much to do. I was co-teaching my first semester-long […]
