Bridging first year barriers: fostering belonging in the biology learning space
byFirst year teaching often requires a delicate and deft hand – teachers balance the delivery of important foundational content with facilitating student transition to…
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Rethinking unit design to support students in entering Occupational Therapy
byThis case study outlines an ongoing collaboration between Dr Joanne Hinitt, unit coordinator of OCCP1104 Analysing and Teaching Occupations, and educational designer Kria Coleman,…
Making friends with failing
byIt can be tempting to think that success looks like things working smoothly and going to plan. It can even be tempting to peg…
Make attendance tracking meaningful: check-in with insights using SRES
byAttendance tracking is commonly used as a measure of student engagement and participation in higher education, but taking rolls alone does not provide a…
Managing difficult conversations in the classroom
byWith around 75,000 students at The University of Sydney it should come as no surprise that occasionally they, and we, might feel differently about…
Open to the possibilities: reconnecting with students through languages and cultures
byDr Kylie Giblett teaches in Germanic Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures. I met Kylie at a recent teaching day for the…
Being human together – insights from students and teachers at the 2022 Sydney Teaching Symposium roundtable
byIt’s the middle of 2022 and we’ve had two and a half very strange years at Sydney. Two and a half years of figuring…
Relationships are not enough: What it takes for students to belong
byFor a long time, I’ve been waxing lyrical about the importance of relationships in higher education, particularly the relationships that teachers form with students,…
Research and reflections on being a ‘good’ teacher
byThe Sydney Law School hosts several legal education seminars each year, and theme for 2022 is Award Winning Teachers. In April, the series was…
Disconnection and humanising teaching
byRecently there have been reports of a growing phenomenon of disconnection among students in the media. I’m sure that many of us can relate…