The new question-of-the-week is: What is trauma-informed teaching and what does it look like in the classroom? Editor’s Note: This two-part series is being “guest-hosted” by a longtime regular ...

Picture this: It’s your first day as a graduate student instructor. You’re armed with a stack of syllabi, a mind full of academic theories and the unshakable feeling that you might be in way over your ...

All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends. Plus, it takes a dedicated teacher to employ the right teaching ...

Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...

With increased pressure on classroom spaces, many departments are moving courses online. I’ve written here at ProfHacker about As I refine my teaching strategies and tackle this larger online class, I ...

Discussion is a large part of teaching and learning. We want to see and hear our learners engaged in conversations about the course content, making connections to their lives or to other aspects of ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Using picture books as mentor texts is the perfect way to teach verbal, dramatic, and situational irony to middle school students.

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the best advice for co-teaching arrangements (Special Needs, ELLs, etc.)? Part One featured the commentaries of Elizabeth Stein, Jenny Vo, Becky Corr, Andrea ...