Hoping to Regain Attention of Students, Professors Pay More Attention to Them

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and abilities.But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country.A couple months ago I visited a big public university – Texas State University – and observed three large lecture classes, to get a sense of what teaching looks like these days. I witnessed a high level of students not showing up for class, and in some cases students blatantly staring at... [Read more...]