Drawing from the most proven ideas in biology, psychology, and neuroscience for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible, Atomic Habits is a comprehensive and practical guide on how to create good habits, break bad ones, and get 1 percent better every day. Whether you want to cultivate new habits of your own or […]
Drawing from the most proven ideas in biology, psychology, and neuroscience for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible, Atomic Habits is a comprehensive and practical guide on how to create good habits, break bad ones, and get 1 percent better every day. Whether you want to cultivate new habits of your own or […]
Talking Teaching conversations provide an opportunity to build community and reflect on links between our teaching practice and student learning experiences. Join colleagues from a range of disciplines to discuss ideas about both long-standing and emerging pedagogical challenges. These open and informal conversations focus on emergent teaching and learning issues in an informal, discussion-based format. […]
Contemplative Pedagogy is an approach to teaching and learning that harnesses the present moment to achieve greater focus, purpose, reflection, and attention in the classroom. Regardless of discipline and educational context, contemplative practices can cultivate a more engaged and connected learning environment to transform the way students learn, process, and share information. Join us for […]
Life coaching is a thriving discipline focused on empathetic listening to help clients grow in various areas of their life. Although life coaching is quite different from typical advising and mentoring relationships with students, coaching tools may supplement and support these activities. This Lunch & Learn provides some background information about life coaching and how […]
Understanding that all learners are cultural beings, culturally relevant/responsive pedagogy is an asset-based approach to teaching that harnesses students’ cultural identities and lived experiences as tools for student-centered instruction. This Learning by Design (LBD) studio introduces the premise of culturally responsive pedagogy, briefly reviews a case study where the practice guided the selection of material […]
Talking Teaching conversations provide an opportunity to build community and reflect on links between our teaching practice and student learning experiences. Join colleagues from a range of disciplines to discuss ideas about both long-standing and emerging pedagogical challenges. These open and informal conversations focus on emergent teaching and learning issues in an informal, discussion-based format. […]
The Cultural Life Program (CLP) provides enriching and challenging learning opportunities that engage members of the Furman community in a spectrum of issues, ideas, and artistic expressions from various disciplines and cultures. Whether you are a seasoned CLP pro, or considering your first proposal, you are invited to discuss the process of proposing a CLP […]
Talking Teaching conversations provide an opportunity to build community and reflect on links between our teaching practice and student learning experiences. Join colleagues from a range of disciplines to discuss ideas about both long-standing and emerging pedagogical challenges. These open and informal conversations focus on emergent teaching and learning issues in an informal, discussion-based format. […]
In this working breakfast we will invite conversation about small tweaks to course design and pedagogy that might bolster learning environments that provide equitable opportunities for students to succeed. After hearing brief highlights from a Furman colleague about their experience making pedagogical changes designed to cultivate more diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning experiences, the remainder […]
Author James M. Lang argues that how we teach is often at odds with how students learn. Classrooms are designed to force students into long periods of intense focus, but emerging science reveals that the brain is wired for distraction. We learn best when able to actively seek and synthesize new information. Brimming with ideas and grounded […]
This book explores how belonging differs based on students’ social identities, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or the conditions they encounter on campus. Belonging―with peers, in the classroom, or on campus―is a critical dimension of success at college. It can affect a student’s degree of academic adjustment, achievement, aspirations, and retention. Group meetings will occur […]
