Jesús Campos shares his story as an undocumented undergrad/grad student and ways to support others in their educational pursuits on episode 562 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
There is some guilt students have because they feel like they’re not really pulling their weight, or they’re sort of a burden because they’re not producing an income.
-Jesús Campos
Look at scholarships that are open to nonresidents. They're out there.
-Jesús Campos
It’s very important not to put yourself and your own experiences in your student’s shoes. Every student is unique and going through something entirely different.
-Jesús Campos
Individuals from different countries go through different processes. It is not a one size fits all.
-Jesús Campos
Students are each special and unique, and it is important we get to know them as such.
-Jesús Campos
Stephanie Cawthon shares about her book, Disability Is Human – The Vital Power of Accessibility in Everyday Life, on episode 561 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We all have disability at one time or another, maybe just not right now.
-Stephanie Cawthon
I think that there is still a sense of surprise when a request is made for some kind of modification.
-Stephanie Cawthon
This idea that accommodations and accessibility is coming at some cost to the abled is a false pretense.
-Stephanie Cawthon
If you receive a whole bunch of feedback and you can't do anything about it, that just makes you feel bad.
-Stephanie Cawthon
I was really trying to help us understand our assumptions about disability and accessibility.
-Stephanie Cawthon
Simon Cullen and Nicholas DiBella discuss how to equip students to dialog across differences using an AI Guide they’ve created on episode 560 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Most of my students have not heard cogent arguments on the other side of whatever their own position is because they've been so siloed.
-Simon Cullen
In every one of these classes the point is to try and confront students with the strongest arguments I can find, ideally for the thing they don't believe.
-Simon Cullen
The first thing they hear from me is if you wish to avoid the risk of being offended, then you should probably not be taking this class.
-Simon Cullen
In philosophy, we always embrace disagreement.
-Nicholas DiBella
We have designed the guide to be as neutral as possible.
-Nicholas DiBella
Lauren Barbeau + Claudia Cornejo Happel discuss how to cultivate critical teaching behaviors on episode 559 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Being a good teacher or a good researcher is not something you're born with. It's something you learn. It's something you can get better at.
-Lauren Barbeau
Teaching doesn't fall into nice, neat color coded boxes. We need something that represents the complexity and the messiness and the way that behaviors overlap and might fall into more than one category.
-Lauren Barbeau
If we can't reflect on our teaching, we can't identify our strengths to start leveraging them, to start working on them.
-Lauren Barbeau
If you're looking for an entry point into critical teaching behaviors, start by reflecting on your teaching and take a look at the materials we've provided to help you do that.
-Lauren Barbeau
Be kind to yourself because some semesters are harder than others.
-Lauren Barbeau
It all comes back to caring about students, being transparent about what we're doing in the classroom, explaining our purpose, and involving them in the conversation that is the learning together in the classroom.
-Claudia Cornejo Happel
While there's no one thing that is more difficult than another, it really helps us to find a behavior that resonates with us and that we can use as a lens to think about our teaching more holistically.
-Claudia Cornejo Happel
