Stories about "Teaching and education"
Bates professor Carrie Diaz Eaton wins $300K grant to support open education
Friday, April 24, 2020 8:16 am
Reflecting Bates' leadership in the field, Bates professor Carrie Diaz Eaton and colleagues will use a $300,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation to create and share free educational materials — with a focus on equity.
Seeking lessons — and hope — in the depths of disaster
Friday, April 17, 2020 10:32 am
Meet members of the Bates faculty who are watching COVID-19 and wondering what it has to teach us in terms of the human experience.
Bates Purposeful Work expert: Sense of purpose offers a path forward during COVID-19
Friday, April 10, 2020 11:22 am
“These are extremely hard times. They are also extremely purposeful times, as a result,” says Bates psychologist and Purposeful Work expert Rebecca Fraser-Thill
‘We’ve always dealt with these issues’: How COVID-19 affects rural schools
Thursday, April 9, 2020 3:34 pm
As schools scramble to provide meals and technology in the pandemic, a Bates scholar looks to the future — and a student school board member makes decisions in the present.
My Last Year: ‘Long goodbyes lead to too many tears’
Friday, April 3, 2020 3:41 am
With the college's move to remote learning, Jane Costlow, in her final year, saw her classroom teaching career end in a way she never could have imagined.
Bates professors’ humorous movie-trailer videos brighten the move to remote learning
Friday, March 27, 2020 9:34 am
As Bates faculty pivot to online teaching, making "trailers" offers fun and catharsis.
My Last Year of Teaching: ‘I really love the one-on-one interaction’
Friday, March 6, 2020 10:38 am
Jane Costlow shares stories and insights from 34 years of advising senior thesis students.
Worms ate my coffee cup! and other Green Innovation Grants for 2019–20
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:36 pm
From plastic-eating worms to stapleless staplers, Bates' Green Innovation Grants support surprising — and surprisingly effective — sustainability projects.
‘I don’t know why I said that’: MLK Day keynote looks at hidden bias
Thursday, January 23, 2020 10:12 am
Biased author Jennifer Eberhardt's talk was rich in science, often sobering, yet ultimately uplifting.
My Last Year: Semester’s end is a time of firsts and finalities for Jane Costlow
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 1:15 pm
The last few weeks of the semester represent the beginning of the end of Jane Costlow's 34-year career on the Bates faculty.