February 16, 2024
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Jessica Pope
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vs上教授寻求奖学金以改善教学，促进学生成功
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Dr. Kostopolus, an assistant professor of English at Valdsota State University, was selected for the 2023-2024 Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program, an annual initiative that provides higher education faculty members from accredited public and private colleges and universities across Georgia with expanded opportunities for developing important teaching skills. 它是由前乔治亚州州长泽尔·米勒于1995年建立的。
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美高梅博彩's Dr. Emma Kostopolus is one of 16 higher education faculty members from across Georgia participating in this year’s Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program, an outreach initiative of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia.VALDOSTA — For 美高梅博彩’s Dr. Emma Kostopolus, the learning process did not end when she earned a doctorate and started her teaching career.
她相信这是一个永无止境的旅程，确保她课堂上的学生获得最好的学习成果。
“It’s important for all educators to stay current on best practices,” says the assistant professor of English. “Just like our specific fields of research, our understanding of how to foster learning improves all the time, and it is our obligation as practitioners of pedagogy to adhere to good methods.”
At the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, Kostopolus was selected for the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program, an annual initiative that provides higher education faculty members from accredited public and private colleges and universities across Georgia with expanded opportunities for developing important teaching skills. 它是由前乔治亚州州长泽尔·米勒于1995年建立的。
Throughout the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program, Kostopolus will attend six three-day symposia that include a combination of structured instructional and faculty development activities, as well as self-directed activities designed to meet her individual needs. 她计划利用这个机会设计一门新的数字人文导论课程。
“This course is intended to be the first in a new Digital Humanities concentration or minor here at vs上, where students can learn valuable job skills in critical technology use from faculty across multiple departments,” she says. “I’m excited that this course will potentially be a springboard for a successful new program here.”
Kostopolus于2021年秋季加入美高梅博彩英语系。 今年6月，她还将出任大学目录编辑。
“For me, teaching is about more than just giving students the content and skills of my field,” she says. “It’s also about giving them space to figure out how they want to be in the world as adults. So, while I am directly teaching the skills of writing, I think my classroom — and all college classrooms — are places where students can build healthy habits surrounding work that they can carry with them into their futures, and I’m dedicated to fostering that and having active conversations about not just the work itself but also how we engage with the work positively.”
Kostopolus喜欢教分配给她的所有课程。 然而，她最喜欢的课程之一是ENGL 3020：技术写作和编辑。
“We have days where we play with LEGO bricks to learn about writing good instructions and generally have an excellent time in class,” she says.”
在研究方面，她的专长是写作教育学。
“I conduct experiments to help us determine best practices for teaching students how to write,” she says. “So far here at vs上, I’ve conducted experiments on the potential benefits of meditation and journaling for reducing stress and increasing retention of skill in the writing process, with interesting results.”
在课堂之外，Kostopolus担任Sigma Tau Delta：国际英语荣誉协会的教师赞助人。 She says the organization “is an excellent opportunity for students interested in a career as a writer, since there are publication and presentation opportunities galore.” 她还为各种出版物撰写文章，包括Programmatic Perspectives和ImageText。
Kostopolus is one of 16 higher education faculty members from across Georgia participating in this year’s Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program. The participants were selected based on their teaching experience, their interest in continuing instructional and professional development, their ability to make a positive impact on their own campus, and their home institution’s commitment to support them throughout the process.
The Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program is an outreach initiative of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia.
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