by kcrowther | Jan 24, 2017 | Example Materials, Giving Feedback on Student Writing, Reflective Teaching, Scholarly Teaching, Teaching, Themed Clusters
By Lauren Curtright (lcurtright@gsu.edu) English instructors at all levels of education, as well as the professional organizations that set our pedagogical standards, must take a hard look at our beliefs and practices about responding to students’ writing. In the face...
by kcrowther | Jan 24, 2017 | Giving Feedback on Student Writing, Peer Review, Reflective Teaching, SoTL Research Essay, SoTL Work in Progress, Teaching, Themed Clusters
by Jennifer M. Colatosti (jcolatosti@gsu.edu) In my first semester teaching at Perimeter College, I was assigned three sections of the Foundations for English Composition Learning Support class. The purpose of the Foundations class is to help underprepared students...
by kcrowther | Dec 18, 2016 | Assignments, Example Materials, Reflective Teaching, Scholarly Teaching, Service Learning, Social Justice, Teaching, Themed Clusters
By Matt Dolloff (mdolloff@gsu.edu) Debra Greenwood in Journal Of Education And Training Studies defines service learning as “a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning...
by kcrowther | Dec 18, 2016 | Assignments, Example Materials, Reflective Teaching, Scholarly Teaching, Social Justice, Teaching, Themed Clusters
By Andy Rogers (arogers41@gsu.edu) In order to teach critical reading and thinking skills, I developed a lesson plan for my Modern World Literature class that focused on the American South. The purpose was to demonstrate the complexity of a literary character and...
by kcrowther | Dec 18, 2016 | Assignments, Example Materials, Reflective Teaching, Scholarly Teaching, Social Justice, SoTL Work in Progress, Teaching, Themed Clusters
By Neeley Gossett (ngossett1@gsu.edu) During the fall 2016 semester, I assigned my English 1101 classes to write personal narrative essays about social injustice. My inspiration for one of the assignments came from the Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project. “For three...