Strategies

Multicultural Teaching: Information and Strategies

The information below applies to a range of disciplinary contexts.
See also:

CRLT services for faculty and GSIs
CRLT Theatre program

“Multicultural teaching” means different things according to one’s course goals and one’s discipline. The following links provide useful information for a wide range of college teaching contexts. If you want to suggest other web-based sources for this page, please email crlt@umich.edu and put “Multicultural Teaching” in the subject line.

Student diversity at the University of Michigan

Key teaching strategies that help engage students from range of academic or social backgrounds Read more »

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Multicultural Teaching: Information and Strategies

 

“Multicultural teaching” means different things according to one’s course goals and one’s discipline. The following links provide useful information for a wide range of college teaching contexts. If you want to suggest other web-based sources for this page, please email crlt@umich.edu and put “Multicultural Teaching” in the subject line.

See Also:

Student diversity at the University of Michigan

Key teaching strategies that help engage students from a range of academic or social backgrounds Read more »

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Case-based Teaching and Problem-based Learning

With case-based teaching, students develop skills in analytical thinking and reflective judgment by reading and discussing complex, real-life scenarios. The articles in this section explain how to use cases in teaching and provide case studies for the natural sciences, social sciences, and other disciplines.

Teaching with Case Studies (Stanford University, 1994)

This article from the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning describes the rationale for using case studies, the process for choosing appropriate cases, and tips for how to implement them in college courses.

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (University of Buffalo)

This site offers resources and examples specific to teaching in the sciences. This includes the “UB Case Study Collection,” an extensive list of ready-to-use cases in a variety of science disciplines. Each case features a PDF handout describing the case, as well as teaching notes.

The Case Method and the Interactive Classroom (Foran, 2001, NEA Higher Education Journal) Read more »

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Active Learning

Active learning is a process whereby students engage in activities, such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving that promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content. Cooperative learning, problem-based learning, and the use of case methods and simulations are some approaches that promote active learning. This section provides links to bibliographies, research summaries, articles, and other resources about active learning.

Videos of Arthur F. Thurnau Professors: Engaging Students in the Classroom and Beyond

Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships are awarded annually to tenured U-M faculty who have made outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. This series of videos documents the ways in which these professors stimulate student engagement in their courses. There are also summary point pages that provide easy to follow strategies.

Active Learning for the College Classroom (Paulson and Faust, California State University, Los Angeles, 1998)

This article presents a wide variety of active learning techniques that can increase student learning in a lecture course. Activities include listening, group, and writing exercises that foster student engagement.

Classroom Activities for Active Learning (Center for Faculty Excellence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009)  Read more »

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Teaching with Archival, Botanical, and Museum Collections

Sample Activities and Assignments
Articles and Additional Resources
Grants to Fund Teaching with and in the Collections
Campus Resources

Teaching with archival, botanical, and museum collections can help students to evaluate evidence in primary documents, develop skills in visual and contextual analysis, collect and examine raw data, extract and synthesize information from a large amount of undifferentiated material, and correlate different sources in order to make informed arguments.

The links in this section provide examples of course assignments and activities that make use of the university’s public goods collections to enhance student learning, include articles on the benefits for student learning and how to assess it, and offer a list of campus and external resources for instructors and students.

Sample Activities and Assignments

Archival Document Worksheet (Musicology)
Questions to guide students’ note-taking on primary source documents. Read more »

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