CTE: Mercyhurst University Center for Teaching Excellence

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Closing Out a Trying Semester Many professors are eager to be done. But first, consider taking some time to document and reflect on what just happened.

A last CTE social event was requested by many. Per this popular demand, please join us for a final CTE social event for the year this Wednesday-May 11, 3PM Roost!

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/students-with-adhd/

8 Principles for Supporting Students with ADHD There is so much to learn about ADHD. These broad guidelines from a leading expert are a good place to start.

Mays Imad shares how she (and others) is rethinking critical thinking on episode 410 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Rethinking Critical Thinking, with Mays Imad – Teaching in Higher Ed Mays Imad shares how she (and others) is rethinking cricital thinking on episode 410 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast Category/tags: How people learn

On CTE's playlist, this week is

Subversion: An Essential Tool of the Master Teacher Sometimes, to do right by their students, good teachers have to break the rules.

On CTE's playlist is the podcast "It's Time to Give Classroom Jobs Another Try"...

It’s Time to Give Classroom Jobs Another Try These fresh ideas for student jobs will invigorate your classroom and get you and your students excited about school again—even if you teach remotely.

On CTE's playlist this week is

Uncovering Your Blind Spots: An Exercise for Teachers An essential step toward becoming an anti-racist educator is uncovering your own implicit biases. This exercise will get you started.

On CTE's playlist this week is...

How to create flexibility for students and ourselves, with Kevin Kelly – Teaching in Higher Ed Kevin Kelly shares about how to create flexibility for students and ourselves on episode 406 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Want to use more research but don't have enough formal training? This podcast is for you...

How to Find, Read, and Use Academic Research Want to use more research but don't have enough formal training? This post is for you.

A flexible trait that can help students go beyond surface traits and consider deeper connecting principles.

Contrasting Cases: A Simple Strategy for Deep Understanding This flexible tool helps students go beyond surface traits and consider deeper connecting principles.

On CTE's playlist this week...

Teachers are being silenced. What can be done about it? How is the anti-CRT movement harming and silencing teachers, what damage will it ultimately do to students, and what can be done to fight it?

On CTE Playlist this week, listen to how this peer feedback approach has the potential to build empathy and community, as long as you set it up with intention.

Power Lesson: Poetry Gallery Walk This peer feedback approach has the potential to build empathy and community, as long as you set it up with intention.