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What Does Care Look Like in Classroom Innovation?
The higher education sector is undergoing rapid change. Institutions are navigating an onslaught of pressures: funding cuts, restructuring, a generational shift in student demographics, and increasing expectations from regulatory bodies for agility and innovation. The students, too, are not left out of the pinch. The cost-of-living crisis, long commutes to campus, the need to stay…
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Reflections on generational brain development from two aging academics
Over more than 40 years of combined teaching, we have observed with fascination students maturing and developing into confident, skilled scientists. Surprisingly, we can better relate to them now, because we are both fathers of adolescents/young adults, who – like most of our current students – belong to the group of ‘digital natives’ referred to…
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Authentic and Engaging Teaching in Practice
When I was a student, the classroom looked very different from the vibrant spaces I teach in today. Learning was passive rows of desks, long lectures, quiet note‑taking. You listened, you wrote, you left. Back then, I never imagined myself becoming a lecturer. In truth, the traditional model didn’t inspire me; it felt distant and…
