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Things I think about before I ever walk into a classroom #4(5): What Are My Pedagogical Values, and How Am I Going To Implement Them In My Teaching?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Things I think about before I ever walk into a classroom #4(5): What Are My Pedagogical Values, and How Am I Going To Implement Them In My Teaching? In this final post in my series on pedagogical considerations in the … Continue reading →

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Things I Think About Before I Ever Enter a Classroom #3(4): How Does My Syllabus Support My View of Myself and My Class?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

I apologize to everyone for the long hiatus. Comps. When I post about them you will understand, if you do not already, why that single word meant two and a half months of silence on my part when it comes … Continue reading →

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The Week in Review 1/24/2014

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Here’s what I was up to this week in GradLand……. Reading for Classes/ Independent Studies: Raymond Clemens & Timothy Graham, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Cornell UP, 2007) pp. 67-132 Liz Herbert McAvoy and Diane Watt, The History of British Women’s … Continue reading →

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Course Syllabus Revisited, and The Week In Review 1/17/2014

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Good morning! The sun is peeking over the horizon, there’s coffee the cup, the cats are busily knocking over all of my carefully-stacked papers — in other words, all’s right with my little corner of the world. This post (hopefully) … Continue reading →

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Crafting a Syllabus, Part Three: Putting it all together

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

As you’ll recall, in the first post in this series I went over the elements of a course syllabus, which are: Course Description, aims and goals, materials, and policies A description of major assignments and grading rubric A schedule of … Continue reading →

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