“…to teach is not to transfer the comprehension of the object to a student but to instigate the student, who is a knowing subject, to become capable of comprehending and of communicating what has been comprehended.” – Teaching Is a Human Act, Paulo Freire Over the summer, I read Pedagogy of the Oppressed by PauloContinue reading “Translating Critical Pedagogy to Engineering”
Group post by Chris Clements, Austin Garren, Jazmin Jurkiewicz, Andrew Knight, Malle Schilling, and Brittany Shaughnessy What do we mean by digital pedagogy? Digital pedagogy presents a unique set of issues that one may not think of when first stepping foot in the classroom. Digital pedagogy hosts a myriad of definitions for different people. AsContinue reading “The Trial and Error of Digital Pedagogy”
One critique I frequently hear about higher education and engineering is that it’s not like the real world. Rarely in industry will students ever have to write 10 page papers or solve problems from start to finish. The real world is not packaged neatly for us when we try to solve a problem so it’sContinue reading “Bringing Real World Context into Engineering”
Being a PhD student in engineering education, I’m regularly thinking about the many ways in which engineering education can be improved, often from the standpoint of my own experiences from my undergraduate education in mechanical engineering. I often daydream about what I’d do differently if I was the instructor of these courses, not that IContinue reading “Inclusive Pedagogy and Engineering”
Reading about teaching voice made me reflect on the years I’ve spent so far as a student. There have been a few teachers that stand out in my memory– each one unique not only in the subjects they taught but in how they taught. After reading the pieces from Deel and Fowler, I realize thatContinue reading “Discovering My Authentic Teaching Self”
