COVID-19 altered the classroom habitat. In his guest blog, David Flaspohler shares what changed in his ornithology course — and offers space for finding solace and innovation. "From now on it can be ...
In this blog, organized by Harvard education professor Jal Mehta and Washington-based education writer Robert Rothman, students, teachers, administrators, researchers, and policymakers explored the ...
When my daughter was born, I realized I had to change jobs. I was a “BigLaw” mergers and acquisitions lawyer, the kind of role that hijacks your life and devours all your time – every hour of every ...
We don’t know what higher education will look like after COVID-19. However, we do know that there is no going back to pre-pandemic academic business as usual. COVID-19 has accelerated the ...
If the past nine months have shown us anything, it’s that change can happen rapidly in higher ed. This is not always a good thing even if at times it proves necessary. In order for colleges and ...
“I have learned much from my teachers and even more from my friends, but from my students I have learned more than from all of them.” — Rabbi Ḥanina (Ta’anit 7a) It has taken me years to understand ...
Why do we learn? This is the provocative question that Stanislas Dehaene asks in his book How We Learn. 1 But you’ve probably never asked yourself: “Why do we learn in the first place?” As Dehaene ...
Christin Perry is a freelance writer with a passion for all topics related to health and family. She has been working as a writer for seven years now, and her work has appeared in Parents, The Bump, ...