Monthly Archives: December 2020

Best 2020 Book Prescriptions

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Kate Stover

If 2020 was a great year for you, stop reading.  This blog post is not for you.  If, however, 2020 presented you with some real challenges, and you are looking for some prescriptions in the form of book recommendations, here … Continue reading →

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“We will not succeed in teaching today’s students unless we make a fundamental shift in our thinking: away from preventing distraction and toward cultivating attention.”

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Kate Stover

While reading James Lang’s newest guidebook for college teachers, I shared one of the ideas with my English 1 students: “Attention is a gift that students and professors give to each other.”  I asked them how their teachers cultivate and … Continue reading →

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