NEST (Network of Eagle Scholar Teachers)

The Southern Miss Network of Eagle Scholar Teachers (NEST) provides an opportunity for faculty to gather as a learning community to investigate the scholarship of teaching. Through these investigations will emerge teaching circles, defined by Pat Hutchings in her book Making Teaching Community Property as “a small group of faculty who make a commitment to work together over a period of at least a semester to address questions and concerns about the particulars of their teaching and their students’ learning.” NEST offers faculty time to collaborate, support, fellowship and heighten each other’s teaching. 

Come to the NEST (International Center 319) every third Monday from 3:00 - 4:15 pm to join the discussion!

 

UPCOMING SESSIONS:  

April 15, 2019

• The Three Biggest Classroom Time Management Issues (Hey Teach, WGU)   

• Time on Task: A Strategy that Accelerates Learning (HEAweb.org) 

• Time Management Strategies for the Flipped Classroom (Faculty Focus) 

  

PAST SESSIONS:

March 18, 2019 - INVIGORATING CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS

• https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/speaking-listening-techniques/ 

• https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/teaching/small-groups-and-discussions/how-get-students-talk-class 

• https://www.facultyfocus.com/free-reports/tips-for-encouraging-student-participation-in-classroom-discussions/

February 18, 2019 - REACHING MORE STUDENTS  

• Higher Ed Solutions for Rural Students (Inside Higher Ed)

• Most Colleges Enroll Students Who Aren't Prepared for Higher Education (PBS News Hour)

• 'Going To Office Hours Is Terrifying' And Other Tales Of Rural Students In College (NPR) 

November 19, 2018 - TEACHING FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS 

• We Must Help First-Generation Students Master Academe’s ‘Hidden Curriculum’

• Navigating Campus Together

• How to Reach Out to First-Generation Students

October 15, 2018 - EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES

• What Students Say Is Good Teaching (Inside Higher Ed)

• Effective Teaching Online (Inside Higher Ed)

• Teaching with the Test: Questions that Build Students’ Self-Awareness (Faculty Focus)

September 24, 2018 - SUPPORTING STUDENTS 

• Article: How to Encourage Academic Grit and a Growth Mindset in Your Students (Academic Impressions) 

• Video: The Boost Students Need to Overcome Obstacles (Anindya Kundu at TED Residency)