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Karen Costa

3 Dec, 5 tweets, 3 min read

"A lot of us have never been trained how to teach. Doesn’t it seem fundamentally absurd that graduate students and faculty all over the country are teaching science without even having taken a single course in science teaching?"

#HigherEd
#FacDev

insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/0…

@hormiga

"We jump through an absurd number of hoops to become college faculty, yet none of those hoops is about becoming a good teacher."

A man after my own heart, @hormiga.

#HigherEd
#FacDev

"Our current sink-or-swim approach is unkind to instructors and their students. Too many instructors approach their students as adversaries and emphasize student compliance rather than working to build relationships of mutual respect."

Mutualism in the wild!

#HigherEd
#FacDev

Okay I'm not going to tweet the entire article that would be weird.

This is what we were talking about just yesterday!

"If we get good training in effective teaching methods before we end up in front of a classroom, we will be more equipped to build genuine connections with our students, which is critical for learning."

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Karen Costa

@karenraycosta

4 Dec

I went to bed last night really angry and frustrated that people are still forcing learners to be on camera...

At this point I wonder if the holdouts are people we can get through to, who are just in need of more support and information about the science of teaching and learning, or if they are committed to their own ignorance? Is it worth continuing the conversation?

Anyway, sometimes you continue the conversation not because you believe it will change someone's mind, but because of what will happen to you if you don't keep speaking your mind, I guess.

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Karen Costa

@karenraycosta

2 Dec

https://twitter.com/SteveFugle/status/1333787940854566912

Still no.

linkedin.com/pulse/cameras-…

https://twitter.com/SteveFugle/status/1333787940854566912

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you actually can’t police someone else’s attention. Try these strategies instead.

linkedin.com/pulse/making-s…

We’re going to move on from forcing people on camera in 2021, right? Right?

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Karen Costa

@karenraycosta

1 Dec

So we know that unmitigated chronic stress is detrimental to teaching and learning, but we can’t think our way out of it. At some point #HigherEd will have to acknowledge that we have bodies.

#BurnoutBook

I've been thinking about this all morning in the context of some anxiety I've been having about transitioning into downtime over winter break...

A lot of us love our work, derive a sense of purpose from it, and yes, use it as a coping mechanism (sometimes in a healthy way, sometimes not). I have a planned 13 day break, like REAL break coming up, and that brings mixed emotions.

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Karen Costa

@karenraycosta

17 Nov

okay something's been bugging me...a #FacDev thread...

I would argue that #FacDev is a huge area of opportunity in #HigherEd (or we could say it's completely broken-you choose).

@BrianCDelaney

This is data from the first #OLCAccelerate session I attended yesterday from the neuromyths study that @BrianCDelaney, @MDMillerPHD, & Kristen Betts shared. Obviously there are concerns across the board here, but I work with faculty.

#FacDev

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Karen Costa

@karenraycosta

16 Nov

Let's do a thing. Should we do a thing? Let's promote women+ who've written books about #HigherEd, shall we? I'm going to pull from the #HigherEd reads list we started in January.

Using Amazon for sanity: please consider your independent bookstores if purchasing.

@womeninhighered

Before I get to books, let me take a moment to direct you to @womeninhighered, led by @kelly_j_baker. What would we do without this feminist #HigherEd publication? I hope we never have to find out.

wihe.com