Pedagogy – Page 4

Day 43: Teaching Character development

March 6, 2017 phillPedagogy

I’m going to do a little twofer today. I need to do a longer explanation of one of my assignments for my Writing for Games class, and I also wanted to talk a bit about[…]

Day 36: Inductive Cultures

February 28, 2017 phillmemoir

There is one criticism I receive frequently about my work. It might be the only consistent criticism I can think of that has persisted for years: I construct inductive arguments while academia expects deductive arguments.[…]

Day 25: What it is we do

February 17, 2017 phillPedagogy

“So me put in/work, work, work, work, work work” -Rihanna, “Work” I am exhausted today from chores, grading, class prep and bathing two dogs, but I want to share a quick story. I like what[…]

Day 23: Nostalgia and the Power of Persuasion

February 15, 2017 phillPedagogy

It’s day 23, and ironically my childhood was marked in many ways by the 23s I wore on pretty much everything. I was a huge Michael Jordan fan. In fact if you were one of[…]

Day 19: Why teach Dungeons & Dragons?

February 10, 2017 phillPedagogy

“You are not entering this world in the usual manner, for you are setting forth to be a Dungeon Master. Certainly there are stout fighters, mighty magic-users, wily thieves, and courageous clerics who will make[…]

For anyone ever in my FYC class– the year I graduated from HS

May 20, 2013 phillfeatured

So I don’t expect many people– and certainly not students just starting college– to ever see the email I’m speaking of, but any of my peers or those who are my elders in the academy[…]