Imagine this: you've taught a concept that's challenging, ensured your assessment was fair, and suddenly, the results are in, and they're not good. That sinking feeling of "Where did I, or we, go wrong?" settles in.
In this episode, Dr Toyin Ali, a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia, confronts the uncomfortable reality of what to do when your students fail an exam. It's an issue that can catch even the most seasoned educators by surprise, but there are constructive ways to handle it.
Resources:
- Check out my YouTube video on supplemental lesson plans for students
- Purchase the Mid-Semester Survey Toolkit
- Sign up for The Independent Professor Workshop
- Read the essay about tenure here
All content for Good Teaching with Dr. Toyin Alli is the property of Dr. Toyin Alli and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Imagine this: you've taught a concept that's challenging, ensured your assessment was fair, and suddenly, the results are in, and they're not good. That sinking feeling of "Where did I, or we, go wrong?" settles in.
In this episode, Dr Toyin Ali, a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia, confronts the uncomfortable reality of what to do when your students fail an exam. It's an issue that can catch even the most seasoned educators by surprise, but there are constructive ways to handle it.
Resources:
- Check out my YouTube video on supplemental lesson plans for students
- Purchase the Mid-Semester Survey Toolkit
- Sign up for The Independent Professor Workshop
- Read the essay about tenure here
Unlocking Success: The Power of the First Day of Class
Good Teaching with Dr. Toyin Alli
2 years ago
Unlocking Success: The Power of the First Day of Class
In this episode of the Good Teaching Podcast, hosted by Dr. Toyin Alli, the focus is on effective teaching strategies for college instructors, specifically on what the first day of class should look like. Dr. Alli highlights four general goals for the first day: introducing yourself and the class, clarifying expectations, establishing class culture, and demonstrating that students can learn from you. She believes that it's crucial to give students a realistic preview of what the class will be like on day one, rather than simply going through the syllabus in detail.
Dr. Alli shares her approach to the first day in her classes, focusing on giving students a feel for what the class entails. For example, she uses the crowd crumple activity for precalculus, where students work in groups to plot points and discover the distance formula. In calculus one, she incorporates a get-to-know-you activity that emphasizes the importance of precalculus as the foundation for the course. For applied linear algebra, she engages students in a thoughtful discussion about what they believe the course is about before revealing the actual definition.
Good Teaching with Dr. Toyin Alli
Imagine this: you've taught a concept that's challenging, ensured your assessment was fair, and suddenly, the results are in, and they're not good. That sinking feeling of "Where did I, or we, go wrong?" settles in.
In this episode, Dr Toyin Ali, a senior lecturer at the University of Georgia, confronts the uncomfortable reality of what to do when your students fail an exam. It's an issue that can catch even the most seasoned educators by surprise, but there are constructive ways to handle it.
Resources:
- Check out my YouTube video on supplemental lesson plans for students
- Purchase the Mid-Semester Survey Toolkit
- Sign up for The Independent Professor Workshop
- Read the essay about tenure here
