Title:
Giving Students a Chance to Learn: Hitting Pause and Engaging Students
This is a book review:
Rice, G. T. (2018). Hitting pause: 65 lecture breaks to refresh and reinforce learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
Reviewer:
Arnold, Michelle
Published:
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 4, Issue 2 (2020)
From the book review:
During the upheaval of higher education in the spring of 2020, it became glaringly apparent that as instructors, we needed to adapt to our new circumstances, or our student’s education would suffer. The confusion and upheaval that occurred due to Covid-19 and, in turn, the many restrictions on “traditional” teaching techniques have forced instructors across the nation to reexamine their methods and become more attentive to student learning. For many of us, fear and doubt crept in when reviewing our teaching abilities in this new environment, but from that, a new era has dawned on higher education. A transition for most of us resting on our laurels, to diving back into the literature and taking our teaching to a whole new level. Dr. Gail Rice’s book, Hitting Pause, 65 Lecture Breaks to Refresh and Reinforce Learning, is one of those books that an instructor can use to implement immediate and intentional changes in their “classroom” to renew student learning during these difficult times.