I Said It Before and I Still Believe It: There Are No Short Cuts
Before I ever started this blog, I wrote a short little teaching book titled �Tips and Thoughts on Improving the Teaching Process in College--A Personal Diary.� I wanted to push myself to think about teaching and I wanted to encourage other folks to think about teaching. The book was a bit of work but it seemed like everyone would benefit. When finished, I put it up on web at https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jhoyle/ and forgot about it. However, the book got a very nice review in The Chronicle of Higher Education and people started sending me questions or suggestions. For a while, I got emails from teachers around the world. What fun. Eventually, I wanted to add to those original essays. I had more thoughts on teaching. Plus, I missed the writing. But, instead of starting a second book, I created this blog which has allowed me to stretch out the thinking and writing process indefinitely. A couple of weeks ago I was chatting with a former student of mine who has g...