Well, the semester is drawing to a close. Last week of classes with final exams next week. Last chance for professors to highlight key principles and ideas, address omissions, demystify our teaching strategies (perhaps), and offer an apologia for the inevitable gaps between teaching aspirations and learning outcomes. In my experience, professors really do care about students and they share the hope that their students will benefit from their labors.
It seems to me that the credit for university courses that go really well must be shared, as this is always a product of group effort. A “good” course is one that students choose to create by investing energy, preparing well, taking risks, sharing thoughts and life experiences with one another, going beyond the surface level of understanding. Professors can try to create conditions that foster these desirable pedagogical ends, but it is always the students who make it happen!
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