"Good" Teaching

By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I’ve told this story elsewhere, but when I was doing peer-driven learning, I was told by a supportive friend not to let any of the senior faculty know what I was doing in my classroom because they would have put a stop to it. My position was a precarious one; as an instructor, I was on an annual contract that could be terminated at the end of any contract year. Read more...