I went to a talk by Keith Sawyer a few weeks ago (he is at UNC, so in your neck of the woods)(https://ed.unc.edu/people/r-keith-sawyer/) where he also talked about how good, effective teaching is expensive. It takes a lot of time and effort!
Really great unpacking of that instructor's comment, both explaining why it is problematic and explaining why she can't be blamed for not creating even more work for herself. Ben Wiggins and I tried to do a very similar dance (pointing out missed opportunities for equity while also sympathizing with instructors' practical constraints) in our December 2024 HAPS Educator article on undergraduate A&P instructor exam practices.
Thanks for the reference Greg! Not letting students see the exam questions again after they get their exam scores back - because of concerns of test security for future semesters when instructors don't have time to write new questions - is an excellent example of the tension between effective and equitable teaching practices and the constraints on instructor time.
I went to a talk by Keith Sawyer a few weeks ago (he is at UNC, so in your neck of the woods)(https://ed.unc.edu/people/r-keith-sawyer/) where he also talked about how good, effective teaching is expensive. It takes a lot of time and effort!
Thanks for sharing, Marney! I haven't met him or heard of him but good to have Keith on my radar!
Really great unpacking of that instructor's comment, both explaining why it is problematic and explaining why she can't be blamed for not creating even more work for herself. Ben Wiggins and I tried to do a very similar dance (pointing out missed opportunities for equity while also sympathizing with instructors' practical constraints) in our December 2024 HAPS Educator article on undergraduate A&P instructor exam practices.
Thanks for the reference Greg! Not letting students see the exam questions again after they get their exam scores back - because of concerns of test security for future semesters when instructors don't have time to write new questions - is an excellent example of the tension between effective and equitable teaching practices and the constraints on instructor time.
For those interested, here is a link to the paper Greg mentioned: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39150270/
Thanks! The paper you linked to is a relevant one that I'm proud of, but I was actually referring to this other paper, which reports empirical survey results for A&P: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13QUNHMScod5M-Dv40nmwk3t8_GC2Z_TC/view?usp=drivesdk