Teaching is one of the most difficult jobs out there. It's a challenge to come up with new, effective ways to communicate with students, manage a classroom, or describe fundamental concepts. Fortunately, ATE Central has collected an abundance of resources from ATE projects and centers that focus on pedagogy, teaching, and professional development. (To find resources to meet your particular interests or needs, use the ATE Central Advanced Search.)

Because these resources are sourced from the ATE community, they tend to focus on skills, lessons, and strategies that meet the specific needs of ATE teachers and professors. For example, some of the resources focus on the possibilities and challenges of cooperative learning in ATE settings. In Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses, the authors both "outline several cooperative learning exercises that have worked particularly well for us in engineering courses" and "suggest ways to maximize the benefits of the approach and to deal with the difficulties that may arise when [cooperative learning] is implemented." This systematic approach to a teaching technique allows readers to follow along, decide whether the technique might work in their classrooms, and receive some concrete tips and tricks for implementation.

Other resources explore strategies for inquiry-based learning in the science classroom. These resources help instructors guide their students toward deep understandings of not only the subject at hand, but also the nature of scientific investigation. For example, Inquiry Strategies for the Journey North Teacher includes elements such as "Questions that help students consider evidence" and tips on responding to misconceptions or "wrong" answers. More focused resources, such as Effective Access: Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in STEM Education, offer in-depth studies of current practices in STEM teaching as well as some recommendations for STEM teachers and professors who are looking to expand their classroom repertoires.

In addition to the resources, ATE Central's events calendar often includes upcoming events targeting instructors in a variety of fields. In short, whether you're looking for new teaching strategies, or just interested in the strategies other ATE projects and centers have produced or found useful, ATE Central can support your goals.