
“Gather”ing Your Classroom Community
As educators, we’ve often found that one of the greatest impediments to creativity in the classroom is, quite literally,
November 2026


November 9, 2026 | By Nichole DeWall
“As with menu expectations, students enter with beliefs and norms about learning. Some may view the educational process transactionally, with a focus on content. Their prior experiences may mean they expect lectures. Students may have deeply ingrained views about what it means to learn. They most surely have beliefs about themselves as learners. What happens when students’ instructional expectations or norms are violated?”
—Lolita Paff, “Food for Thought: Setting the Table for Learning”

As educators, we’ve often found that one of the greatest impediments to creativity in the classroom is, quite literally,

During finals week, I sit down with a stack of blank note cards, my favorite purple gel pen, and write

This past fall, I lost my job. As a tenured full professor at a state university, that is not a
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