An Idea from My Boss
If you read much about education, you will quickly see many of the same general ideas suggested over and over as beneficial. “Create teams” is one that many experts recommend. “Use the last few minutes of class to review and tie concepts together” is another. “Stress peer education – encourage students to teach each other” is a third that I often read. “End your class with a positive experience” is also common advice. However, one of the problems of teaching is that turning general ideas into practical classroom activities is often harder than it sounds. My boss here at the Robins School of Business is Dean Nancy Bagranoff. For the first time in a few years, Dean Bagranoff is teaching a class this semester. She has an “Introduction to Financial Accounting” section every Tuesday and Thursday morning with about 25 sophomores. Because she has been out of the classroom for a while, Dean Bagranoff and I have been having a few conversations about teaching and how to help studen...