{"id":39149,"date":"2016-12-19T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T15:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=39149"},"modified":"2016-12-19T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T13:44:30","slug":"the-lowly-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/12\/the-lowly-syllabus.html","title":{"rendered":"The Lowly Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\nSome students, it seems, do not really understand what the syllabus is and what it is for. This podcast has interesting suggestions on how to approach them better so as to communicate something genuinely important and meaningful, and to do so in an effective manner.<\/p>\nApologies if this post falls into the \u201ctoo soon\u201d category. Grading is not even\u00a0finished for some people, and already I\u2019m talking about preparing syllabuses?!<\/p>\nOf related interest, here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultofpedagogy.com\/learning-strategies\/?utm_source=ACUE+Community&utm_campaign=d8ed628eca-December+15+Weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b39ffec948-d8ed628eca-77583993\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a link to a podcast about six essential learning strategies<\/a>, which really do live up to that name, and yet are\u00a0not emphasized as much as they\u00a0deserve to be.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39155\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2016\/12\/Six-Strategies-for-Effective-Learning-Overview-761x1024-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Six Strategies for Effective Learning Overview-761x1024\" width=\"636\" height=\"855\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some students, it seems, do not really understand what the syllabus is and what it is for. 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