Veteran teacher John Whittier-Ferguson shares wit, wisdom, and heart as he looks back on his years in the classroom as he retires. He talks to us about the delights of teaching as well as some thorny pedagogical issues teachers today are facing. Here are links to John’s AI policy, the Joyce course syllabus from his Winter 2024 iteration of the course, and the piece he refers to by by Jess Roberts (former U of M PhD student, now a professor at Albion): Teaching Patsy Yaeger.
August 2026
Behind the Scaffolding 