Towards a Well-being Framework for University (Part 3)
Last week, at the faculty meeting for the School of Information Technology, Carleton University, my colleagues unanimously approved my two-part proposal: That we formally adopt a set of recommendations on academic practices to provide a more emotionally supportive environment for students. That we allocate one day per term as "improvement day," when we set up workshops discussing how faculty can improve their teaching practices and open-houses for students to discuss their concerns and suggestions. The set of recommended practices are the result of a two-year project by myself and a few other colleagues, which I mentioned the previous parts of this blog post: https://ali-arya.blogspot.com/2019/06/towards-well-being-framework-for.html https://ali-arya.blogspot.com/2019/11/towards-well-being-framework-for.html These practices and some background information and resources can be found online and include general and special themes grouped together in categories s...