As faculty, we often assume we know how to teach. After all, we were students once ourselves. Significant research in recent years suggests that we should re-examine our approach to student learning. Rich resources abound; below are links to some of them. The Guide to Teaching and Learning has numerous resources and guidance for those new to teaching or wishing to explore new methodologies and approaches, research on how people learn, inclusive practices, and high impact practices to deploy inside and outside the classroom. In addition, the Carnegie Foundation offers numerous resources, including publications, tools and video. And Carnegie-Mellon University hosts a searchable resource called Solve a Teaching Problem: select your teaching issue and discover lists of strategies for responding to it.
Teaching in Higher Ed offers resources in teaching and productivity, including podcasts, and Innovative Educators offers many free webinars and videos. Edutopia, while geared toward K-12, has valuable resources. The National Teaching and Learning Forum journal and Change magazine are available through the New School library. Finally, Improve With Metacognition hosts a blog and online resources on using this powerful approach to improve student learning.
Finally, consider reading How People Learn: A Cognitive Science Handbook for Beginning and Experienced Teachers, available for free, and How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, available for reading online.
New School resources:
Teaching and Learning Resources, Policies and Procedures
Student Support
Student Health Services website
Registration Information: basic information for students
Starfish (online platform for reporting concerns to advisors)
Instructional Technology
Canvas (requires log in to my.newschool using your user name and password)
E-Portfolio (requires log in to my.newschool using your user name and password)