Things We Do in Our Classrooms That We Love, but Students Hate: When to Dump a Practice

Most of us do things in our classrooms that we believe are good for students, but our students despise. When should we end a practice that isn't going over well, and what are the alternatives?

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Martha Ramirez has worked in the education field for more than 16 years. Her experience includes being a school teacher, a department head, a higher education educator, an academic consultant, and a researcher. She is an English professor in the Department of Languages and Sociocultural Studies at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and works in various Flipped Learning international projects.

Elisabeth Dalen works as a Lecturer/Music teacher in upper secondary school. She has a master’s degree in music education with a research project about Aural learning in upper secondary school. The last 10 years she has been teaching and practicing exploring software, digital resources and digital methods. Besides teaching Elisabeth had projects for the Norwegian digital Learning arena (NDLA) and The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (UDIR).

Dr. Grace Onodipe is an assistant professor in economics in the School of Business at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Lawrenceville, GA, USA. In the last 15 years, before joining GGC in 2013, she taught university-level economics through asynchronous online delivery format at online universities. Since earning her Ph.D. (2003) in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics from The Ohio State University, she has presented papers at conferences and workshops. She has also published several articles.

Jake Habeggeris an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology.