• mgbullar
• Contemporary Pedagogy
• Apr, 25, 2019
• 14 Comments

Reading Dr. Henry’s article this week about medical students losing their empathy struck a chord with me. I vividly remember the night last semester during the small group I lead with my church when one of the medical students spoke up with a prayer request. He was on his ob-gyn rotation and had just that […]

• mgbullar
• Contemporary Pedagogy
• Apr, 10, 2019
• 21 Comments

Critical Pedagogy is provoking thought by engaging with each other, which promotes a collaborative and problem-solving learning environment and encourages a critical reflection of one’s own learning experience. Group 3, engaging in critical pedagogy in class this week (thank you Dr. Ewing for the photo!) To our group, critical pedagogy means: Learning is based in […]

• mgbullar
• Contemporary Pedagogy
• Feb, 17, 2019
• 12 Comments

When I was a junior in civil engineering, I decided to take Reinforced Concrete Design. When we got to class the first day, I checked the part of the syllabus that tells you how your final grade will be calculated and saw: Midterm: 45% Final Exam: 55% At this point in my college career, it […]

• mgbullar
• Contemporary Pedagogy
• Feb, 09, 2019
• 22 Comments

This week, our reading discussed embracing change and allowing students to learn through play and imagination.  The whole theory of anti-teaching seems to center around inspiring students to ask good questions instead of conveying useful information. It seems, though, that our education system has produced students who ask only the worst question: “do we need […]

• mgbullar
• Contemporary Pedagogy
• Jan, 23, 2019
• 12 Comments

Hello everyone! My name is Meredith Bullard and I’m excited to dialogue with you this semester! I’m a second year PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering. My research focus is at the intersect of the environment and water resources; I study groundwater dynamics and transport modeling! Having a mother who is also a university […]