You may want to review these rules before you start writing. They can also be used to create an outline to guide you in your writing. After 35 years, I still refer to these rules when I need a tool to help me get unstuck.

1. You must have something to say. 
2. You must have someone to say it to. 
3. You...

In preparing to teach at Royal Roads University, I met up with an old friend who had been teaching first-year undergraduate students for several years. I wanted his best advice. Instead, he shared his thinking when addressing his first class. I will never forget what he said.

“I look at those kids ...

“Volunteering to learn something that scares you and then observing what helps you through this experience, or what makes it worse, can provide excellent insights into what your own students are feeling.” - Stephen Brookfield, author of The Skillful Teacher, recommends we regularly learn something n...

“Skill in writing is one of the things I look for most in hiring because I feel that clear writing represents clear thinking, regardless of someone’s background. The ability to communicate effectively and clearly in written form is not only super important in a distributed company, but I think refle...

“Of all the approaches mentioned in this chapter, I feel that team-teaching with colleagues who share different racial backgrounds, personalities and learning styles is the most helpful.” – Stephen Brookfield, author of The Skillful Teacher

My five years of teaching with Royal Roads University intr...

Skillful teaching is contextually informed, says award-winning author Stephen Brookfield, in that students perform better when lessons are relevant to their experience and understanding. In other words, a skillful teacher knows that to reach a student, a lesson must fit with the student’s experience...