Nov 17, 2015
In this episode, Matt and Dave
discuss how we evaluate our performance in the classroom over a
round of Shiner Bock beer. We reminisce about our favorite lectures
during our undergrad days, me at a small liberal arts college in
central Ontario with sports teams called the Excalibur, and Matt at
a small liberal arts college in Houston with an endowment roughly
equal to the GDP of Bhutan or Bermuda. We then debate how we can
make lectures interesting, use student feedback, and assess our own
performance as an instructor. Recommended books
are:
Dave – Simon, Behmand, and Burke, Teaching
Big History
Matt
– Tovani, Do I Really Have To Teach Reading?