tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post5685674712135573365..comments2023-07-08T02:32:23.793-07:00Comments on Teaching Matters at LU: What is Lincoln Excellence in Teaching and Learning?Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04917082233981368034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-83713059248465061202016-09-19T21:36:39.645-07:002016-09-19T21:36:39.645-07:00You are right, Anna. We can. My suggestion and exa...You are right, Anna. We can. My suggestion and example are in the survey.<br /><br />Safro KwameUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738925154661156525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-71679887119068982192016-09-19T17:00:49.029-07:002016-09-19T17:00:49.029-07:00So maybe excellence is something that we continuou...So maybe excellence is something that we continuously need to strive for. What I'm curious about is what that looks like. When you have figured out how to deliver the perfect lecture or engage the students using a particular learning technique what comes next? Do you keep it to yourself or do you share it so that others can benefit from your teaching experience? Is shared excellence greater excellence? We may never be able to define excellence, but we may be able to give a snap-shot of what classroom or teaching and learning excellence looks like right now at Lincoln. I'm hoping - probably naively - that such a snapshot may lead us all to be curious about what others are doing - and maybe even encourage us to learn from each other. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590960940980133516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-66016214207431329612016-09-19T16:46:36.288-07:002016-09-19T16:46:36.288-07:00I agree that these terms are very nebulous, but I ...I agree that these terms are very nebulous, but I wonder if we, communally, can come up with and even agree on a few practices that describes excellence in classrooms across campus. If nothing else, it may make for good topics of discussion at future faculty circles or brown-bags - and we may even be able to learn a thing or two from each other.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590960940980133516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-41170582737570279032016-09-18T12:19:39.557-07:002016-09-18T12:19:39.557-07:00I agree that excellence is almost impossible to de...I agree that excellence is almost impossible to define. Even the indirect evidence that Anna mentions - the success of our graduates - is difficult to use to define excellence. For example, each year we welcome 30 to 40 freshman who want to become physicians - last year, six of our students were accepted into medical school. Is that excellence? I think we should just continue to do what most of us already do - put effort into preparing and teaching our classes, find ways to engage and encourage our students, and help them find the motivation to succeed in achieving their goals. If we are good at that, excellence will follow and most likely be recognized by people outside of Lincoln before we agree that we have achieved it.<br /><br />Dave RoyerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720154522729513418.post-2106021946160054862016-09-17T18:40:40.884-07:002016-09-17T18:40:40.884-07:00I think you have put your finger on a peculiar pro...I think you have put your finger on a peculiar problem. It it has to do with the use of words which are undefined and, hence, subjective or, worse, ambiguous or, even, vacuous. "Lincoln Excellence" or even "academic excellence" tends to be puffery or a "feel-good" term that, often, means everything or nothing.<br /><br />Safro Kwame<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738925154661156525noreply@blogger.com