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Low-Stakes Writing Activities

Purpose Low stakes writing exercises can be used to get the class thinking, to open the class, as here, and to make connections between previous learning and the new day’s

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Purpose Low stakes writing exercises can be used to get the class thinking, to open the class, as here, and to make connections between previous learning and the new day’s

Course Instructor–Teaching Assistant Relationship

Developing and Managing an Effective Teaching Team Whether this is your first time as a graduate student Course Instructor working with one or more Teaching Assistants or you would like

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Developing and Managing an Effective Teaching Team Whether this is your first time as a graduate student Course Instructor working with one or more Teaching Assistants or you would like

Getting Started: The First Class

Studies have shown that students form an impression of a teacher and subject area within the first 15minutes of the very first class. This impression often varies little throughout the

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Studies have shown that students form an impression of a teacher and subject area within the first 15minutes of the very first class. This impression often varies little throughout the

Microsoft Document Essentials

University of Toronto students, faculty, and staff have access to Office 365, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Access Office 365 by clicking on the waffle icon in

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University of Toronto students, faculty, and staff have access to Office 365, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Access Office 365 by clicking on the waffle icon in

Facilitating for Equity

What Does It Mean to Facilitate for Equity? Facilitating for equity means that we pay attention to historic and contemporary experiences of marginalization and how they manifest in our classrooms,

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What Does It Mean to Facilitate for Equity? Facilitating for equity means that we pay attention to historic and contemporary experiences of marginalization and how they manifest in our classrooms,

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Representation Matters Why is representation important? Representation refers to the basic idea that if students see people like them reflected in course materials, they are more likely to identify with

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Representation Matters Why is representation important? Representation refers to the basic idea that if students see people like them reflected in course materials, they are more likely to identify with

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