Dear Faculty Relations: I’ve had students make ignorant comments during class. How do I deal with microaggressions and other problems I see happening in my classroom and manage discussions about ...

Professors Joseph (Joe) Badaracco and Suraj Srinivasan are the co-chairs of the Classroom Culture and Norms Working Group. Established by Dean Srikant Datar in the fall of 2023, the four working ...

Your selections reflect how you navigate classroom discussions. As you scroll through the page, consider how these strategies can complement your teaching preferences. Classrooms are spaces where ...

History professor Maya R. Jasanoff ’96 and Economics professor David I. Laibson ’88 will lead the newly announced Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee on classroom norms, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra ...

Debate, disagreement, and discomfort have a productive role to play in the process of learning, and our students generally share our faculty’s sense that classrooms should be a site of vigorous and ...

College students are habituated to a classroom norm sociologists call civil attention: creating the appearance of paying attention (sitting still, looking awake, scribbling or typing) while ...

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra is convening a faculty committee to address classroom norms, she announced at an FAS meeting Tuesday amid heightened concerns over academic freedom ...

No matter what traumatic or highly politicized events happen in the world—like the Capitol Insurrection, the police killing of George Floyd, or the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman-Douglas High ...

The first few weeks of school are more than a fresh start–they’re a powerful opportunity to lay the foundation for the relationships, habits, and learning that will define the rest of the year. During ...

Setting expectations, modeling good behavior and establishing classroom norms contribute to the creation of a safe learning environment. At the next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and ...

For substitute teachers to do their jobs well, they must be prepared to shift between age groups, classroom norms, and academic subjects with relative ease. But—as schools rely on them to fill ...