Laura M. Grabowski, Ph.D.

My approach to teaching is rooted in the idea that my primary task as a teacher is to build a framework that fosters the development of student knowledge, skills, and attitudes, so that the joy of discovery in learning might follow. I work to establish an environment that is simultaneously nurturing and challenging, addressing individual differences in identity, learning styles, background, and prior knowledge. Teaching is not a soliloquy; it is a dialogue where teacher and student are collaborators and active participants in the process.