Why an Online Tutor? Part Two: Some Students Prefer It
“He was thrilled he didn’t have to go to class.” I was recently talking to a university parent about her son’s experiences during COVID. The mother is an educational professional, committed to her child’s education; her son is a STEM major, getting ready to graduate this spring. Following some negative classroom experiences, he began to […]
Socratic Method: Asking the Hard Questions
Throughout my Teaching Evaluations, a consistent theme which emerges is the importance of curiosity and independent thinking: “[Nicholas] always promotes us to think the questions independently.” “He managed to incite genuine curiosity in me for topics I previously hadn’t been interested in.” “He engaged me during every discussion.” In almost all of my classes, I […]