Teaching Strategies' Resources

To improve the ability of the teachers to communicate with students and therefore to the students to interact with the teachers, we will suggest many good resources on the different facets of teacher / student interaction:

Establishing Rapport: Personal Interaction and Learning

Describes the importance of building rapport with students. Lists four factors that help an instructor develop rapport with students, as well as strategies for improving teacher performance in these areas.

Knowing your students better: a key to involving first year students

First-year students are the most vulnerable group. This paper focuses on first-year students and what faculty can do to increase the likelihood that they will persist beyond the first year and attain their educational and personal goals.

Creating Inclusive College Classrooms

Inclusive classrooms are classrooms in which instructors and students work together to create and sustain an environment where everyone feels safe, supported, and encouraged to express his or her views and concerns. This paper provides guidance to instructors who seek to teach in more inclusive ways.

Managing hot moments in the classroom

Sometimes things seem to explode in the classroom, and what do we do then? Knowing strategies for turning difficult encounters into learning opportunities enables you to address important, but hot, topics -- religion, politics, race, class, gender -- in your classroom discussions.