This post is a modified version of “Unfolding Fanny Fern’s Ruth Hall and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Birthmark’,” a paper I presented at the American Literature … Read More ›
Tag: Student-Driven Pedagogy
This is the second post in a series on Progressive Pedagogy in which I very briefly summarize a pedagogical theory and offer an exercise (or two) … Read More ›
Earlier in the semester, I wrote a post about Structuring Equality in my early American Lit classroom. On the first day of class, I asked … Read More ›
It’s syllabus-writing season! After some time away from teaching, time for reflection and growth as an educator, I am thrilled to be teaching “American Literature: … Read More ›
When I was assigned “Women, Gender, and U.S. Literature,” a 5-week summer course that meets 4 days a week for 2 hours, I stared at … Read More ›
“The vast majority of our professors…used the classroom to enact rituals of control that were about domination and the unjust exercise of power. In these … Read More ›
I use twitter in my classroom to give more introverted students opportunities to participate without having to raise their hands and speak out. It isn’t … Read More ›
When I greeted my students on the first day of the semester with the announcement that technology would play a large role in my “American Literature: … Read More ›
When I asked if I could use Reacting to the Past (RTTP) in my new English Composition 101 class, and the answer was “yes,” I could … Read More ›
Asking the right question is no easy task. Teachers spend years fine-tuning questions and lesson plans. But when students get these questions, it’s for the first … Read More ›
