Social Inequality and Teaching in the Academy[1] Elaine Coburn, Glendon We live in an unequal world; these inequalities do not stop at the university classroom door. In this five-part series, I consider some ways unjust inequalities are (re)produced in the classroom. These inequalities affect the pedagogical relationship. Moreover, critically investigating them matters if the university […]
Figuring out the link between Social Media and What I do as a Biology Prof Dawn Bazely, Faculty of Science – originally publishedNovember 1st, 2013. It has, naturally, come to my attention that a lot of young people, including university students use Twitter as a main source of news. I had never really understood its […]
ISW blog 3 – ISW Day 2 In this 5 part series, Mandy Frake Mistak from the Teaching Commons provides an insight into her experience running and Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) at the University of Lincoln in the UK. Having started our fourth day in Lincoln with a cup of tea and our morning walk to the […]
Everyone should try science blogging Dawn Bazely This blog was originally published by Dawn here: http://dawnbazely.lab.yorku.ca/second-page/everyone-should-try-science-blogging/ I started blogging in 2006 when I became director of IRIS. Since returning to being a full-time Biology professor, after doing my 7 years as an administrator, I’ve incorporated blogging assignments into my teaching. I find that both blogging, and using social […]
ISW blog 3 – ISW Day 2 In this 5 part series, Mandy Frake Mistak from the Teaching Commons provides an insight into her experience running and Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) at the University of Lincoln in the UK. In my last blog entry I wrote about day one of our Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) at the […]
November Journal Club – Teaching Reflection in Higher Education Lisa Endersby, Educational Developer, Teaching Commons The Teaching Commons hosted the inaugural meeting of the Journal Club on Wednesday, November 16th. Our discussion of The pedagogical balancing act: Teaching reflection in higher education by Mary Ryan (2013) was an interesting exploration of teaching deeper levels of critical reflection […]
Reflecting on a Critical Pedagogy for Social Interaction between Autists and Educators By Raymond N. Peart, Autism Coordinator, Disability Services Strengthening Transitions for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder is a three-year pilot project represented through the collaboration between York University, Seneca College, the Toronto District School Board, the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB), and […]
#DeL 16: Anxiety and Security… By: Andrea C. Valente (Teaching Commons Tutor, PhD Candidate) DeL 16: Anxiety and Security. You’d probably be thinking that this post would be about American foreign affairs or the political race for the presidential election, eh? Not quite that; but certainly, it will be a more honest account of my […]
ISW blog 2 – ISW Day 1 In this 5 part series, Mandy Frake Mistak from the Teaching Commons provides an insight into her experience running and Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) at the University of Lincoln in the UK. In my previous blog entry, I shared about my travels to Lincoln, UK, and our prep work for […]
Why I’m using Twitter as a teaching tool Dawn Bazely, Faculty of Science Dawn Bazely at York University Teaching in Focus conference May 21-22 2015 As a teen doing my homework with the tv on in the background, I would hear stuff like “you’ll get square eyes“, “don’t be a couch potato” (image at left, from Wikipedia) and “it’s […]