மேற்கு வர்ஜீனியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ப்ரெஸ் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from மேற்கு வர்ஜீனியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ப்ரெஸ். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In மேற்கு வர்ஜீனியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ப்ரெஸ் Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Helen Ubiñas: The secret to 'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies' was in rejection | Books


Helen Ubiñas, The Philadelphia Inquirer
First things first: I vote to name Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, “The Secret Life of Church Ladies” the next One Book, One Philadelphia.
And yes, I’ve already been politely informed that there’s a committee, of which I am not a member, that decides what book the city will read together on any given year.
But to paraphrase a popular expression: I’m columnizing it into existence. Book-lover Jesus, hear my prayer.
There’s a reason for my enthusiasm, and it’s not just because after more than a year of pandemic brain slogging through all kinds of great works, I opened up Philyaw’s sometimes steamy book and devoured it. Like three syllable de-vou-red! ....

United States , Los Angeles , Tessa Thompson , Dawnie Walton , Debra Dickerson , Abuela Blanca , Deesha Philyaw , Virginia University Press , Life Of Church Ladies , Virginia University , National Book Award For Fiction , Church Ladies , Secret Life , West Virginia University , Philadelphia Inquirer , One Book , West Virginia University Press , Book Award , Story Prize , Los Angeles Times Book Prize , Faulkner Award , Secret Lives , Ntertainment And The Arts , Iterature And Poetry , Nformation And Media , North America ,

Teaching: Students Aren't Brains on Sticks


This week:
I share ideas from Susan Hrach, author of the new book
Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning, for teaching in person or online.
I pass along an idea for changing your college’s teaching culture.
I link to some recent writing on teaching you may have missed.
Education, Embodied
When Susan Hrach was wrapping up her new book on the connection between physicality and learning, she figured it would be tough to get professors to adopt its recommendations for incorporating movement into their teaching. “It’s always been a very hard sell to get people to change what they had been doing for a long time,” says Hrach, director of a faculty teaching center at Columbus State University, in Georgia. And college instruction has long been identified with sitting in rows of chairs bolted to the floor and listening to a lecture. ....

United States , Nate Holdren , Jamesm Lang , Movement Affect Learning West Virginia University , Minding Bodies , How Physical Space , Movement Affect Learning , West Virginia University Press , Sometimes Hrach , Small Teaching Online , Applying Learning Science , Online Classes , Every Learner Everywhere , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , நேட் வைத்திருப்பவர்கள் , மேற்கு வர்ஜீனியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் ப்ரெஸ் , சிறிய கற்பித்தல் நிகழ்நிலை , விண்ணப்பிக்கிறது கற்றல் அறிவியல் , நிகழ்நிலை வகுப்புகள் , ஒவ்வொன்றும் கற்பவர் எல்லா இடங்களிலும் ,