Improving courses success is a sensitive topic in higher education. Some instructors equate it to giving up academic rigor and inflating the grades to pass their students. They tend to suspect that their administrators want them to cheat. That is definitely not the case.
It's true that instructors are not solely responsible for student failures. And yes, there would always be students who lack preparation, who skip classes, who miss homework, and who don't appear to care at all. But as educators, we need to continue searching for ways to help students learn better. It is our commitment to the profession; it is our mission.
(1) The Prologue
(2) Curriculum Update
(3) Rethink Assignments
(4) Articulate Goals and Expectations
It's true that instructors are not solely responsible for student failures. And yes, there would always be students who lack preparation, who skip classes, who miss homework, and who don't appear to care at all. But as educators, we need to continue searching for ways to help students learn better. It is our commitment to the profession; it is our mission.
(1) The Prologue
(2) Curriculum Update
(3) Rethink Assignments
(4) Articulate Goals and Expectations