Renee Patton – One of the greatest, and most important challenges education institutions face is adoption of technology by the faculty. This challenge is common across geographies and at all levels of education. And it’s a major issue. If we can’t get the very individuals who deliver education to change the way they think about… [Read more…]
November 28, 2010
Deanna Hartley Much has been written about the detrimental effects of micromanagement, but there’s another less talked-about style of management that can be just as crippling to organizational efficiency: undermanagement. "Based on workplace research we’ve been conducting since 1993, there is a widespread undermanagement epidemic, which hides in plain sight in most workplaces," said Bruce… [Read more…]
August 14, 2010
(Aug. 9) — John Dewey once said that what the best and wisest parents want for their children should be what we want for all children. This statement translates into "I want my child to have a great teacher!" All educational research and all parents know the quality of the teacher impacts the success of… [Read more…]
August 6, 2010
The best answer to the question, "What is the most effective method of teaching?" is that it depends on the goal, the student, the content, and the teacher. But the next best answer is, "students teaching other students." Wilbert J. McKeachie Author of Teaching tips: Strategies, research and theory for college and university teachers, Houghton-Mifflin… [Read more…]
December 16, 2010
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