Posts related to the philosophy of teaching
In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, we identified that Anatomy & Physiology students are having difficulty with reading comprehension. More specifically, their struggles are not limited to understanding specific content; rather, they are struggling with general vocabulary…
Years ago, I took a graduate level educational class called “Teaching Reading in the Content Area.” This class was geared toward elementary and secondary schools; I never dreamed the information presented would be relevant to me later as a professor…
What’s the problem? Have you heard this from some of your students ? “I chose a career in the health professions because less high school math was required.” Many of my anatomy and physiology students become quite anxious when it…
HAPS is a society focused on the teaching and learning anatomy and physiology. We’re always looking for new members to join the community. Check out some thoughts from new HAPSter, Shani Golovay. “But I have a degree in Plant Biology.…
HAPSters spend a lot of time discussing the teaching and learning of anatomy and physiology. Check out this post from long time HAPSter and Central Regional Director, Murray Jensen. Murray is trying to generate a bit of controversy about teaching anatomy and…
I’m at that point in the semester when I really have to start planning for the next terms – both summer and fall – and that makes me dream big at the same time I’m addressing minutiae. Can I develop…
In Texas, the new state guidelines for teaching A&P at the college level include teaching scientific methods and experimental methods. While I’m sure most of us cover something about the ways of science, I know at my campus we will…
We’re just past mid-semester, and that means some of our students are starting to ask for help in catching up on what they should have been doing every week. As with many institutions across the country, we have been working…
HAPS is a society focused on the teaching and learning anatomy and physiology, but educators are just half of this equation. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for our students. So welcome to a new series of HAPS blog…
I’ve just returned from the annual assessment conference, held by Texas A&M University. One of the themes that was repeated by many speakers was strategies to deal with faculty resistant to assessing general education competencies. Another was the difficult task of…