by Professor Rich Nastasi, Ed.D
Office hours are not only a place for remediation, but a forum where ideas can be developed and personal voice can be shared. In large and small, online and in person classes, the tyranny of content tends to stymie the creative process. Office hours as a syllabus worthy pedagogical strategy (with comprehensive pre-meeting templates), nurture commonality and difference in the shared learning experience. Faculty have the unique opportunity to demonstrate passion for their discipline when discussing (for example) readings, writing exercises, notes and exam questions. Students can demonstrate interest in particular aspects of content that can turn into transformational assignments. Critical in this presentation will be participant discussion of the unique role faculty/student affirmation has on the learning process.
A four-time recipient of the Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence, Professor Nastasi has been a member of the Endicott faculty for 26 years. He received his doctoral degree in Human Movement from Boston University. Previous to his appointment at Endicott he served as lecturer in Human Movement and Sport Sciences at the University of Ballarat (now Federation University) in Victoria, Australia. His academic interests include philosophy and sport and the study of adaptive movement.