Best Teaching Practices

Best Practices

“Best practices” connect relevant educational research to in-course application to help instructors do the following:

Inject rigour into the curriculum and its presentation

Develop students’ thinking and problem-solving skills

Motivate, engage, and prompt students to learn

While the entire “Resources” section of the site addresses “best practices” for university-level teaching, this section covers other important but more “miscellaneous” issues not found under the specific topics listed in the left column.

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Backward Design: Introduction & Templates

Backward Course Design: An arrow pointing from right to left, guiding the reader from Learning outcome (far right) to Skills (middle) to Contents (far left)

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Creating Inclusive Classes

Decorative: "Inclusivity" written in block letters on a lapel pin

"Creating Inclusive Classrooms" (post) lists 19 specific "strategies for pedagogical inclusivity" that "can support faculty across a range of classrooms and in a wide range of discussions."

1. "Why Engage in Inclusive Pedagogies?"

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200+ Critical Thinking Questions

Decorative: A very large pile of yellow question marks

A. "Critical Thinking: 200+ Critical Thinking Questions" (post, doc) lists "of 200+ of the very best critical thinking questions for almost any situation" -- or, at least, for the situations lsited below.

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A Context for Active Learning

A. "10 Key Points about Active Learning" (post; doc) outlines key realities of active learning -- "this exciting, productive, rewarding and, ultimately, better path for higher education."

1. What Is Active Learning?

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