One of Kevin Gannon’s favorite class discussion activities doesn’t involve much talking. Inspired by complete-the-story games in which players each write a line of a tale that builds off a previous ...

As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we ...

At some point in their career, every teacher will find themselves having a difficult discussion with their students. My first took place not long after I began teaching. It involved one of my students ...

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching, it is important to remind our students about his message and how it applies to ...

When I first started teaching, my attitude toward students who remained silent in discussion classes could be summed up with the words of Bernard Hopkins, the fistic sage of Philadelphia: “Bernard ...

These efficient feedback strategies support student learning without sacrificing a teacher's nights and weekends.

Every week, Debra Satz and Paul Brest will host a conversation on potentially controversial topics between experts with opposing opinions. They will look to positively change the Stanford culture to ...

Empowering students to address social issues doesn’t require a classroom overhaul. Simple, everyday activities can be ...

KQED's Mindshift podcast visits a language arts classroom where an extroverted teacher has developed creative ways of inviting introverted students to share their thinking. When students head back to ...

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...