Teaching in Higher Ed

Distracted

with James Lang

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James Lang shares about his new book, Distracted, on episode 331 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Learning does not happen without attention

One of the main ideas of the book is to try to convince people that attention is something that we should value in education and not take for granted.
-James Lang

We are all experiencing lots of challenging issues right now in our lives.
-James Lang

One of the major things I argue in the book is thinking about the structure of the class.
-James Lang

Learning does not happen without attention.
-James Lang

Resources Mentioned

Instructions for living a life:

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it.

Mary Oliver, Sometimes

Relationship-Rich Education

with Peter Felten & Leo Lambert

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Peter Felten and Leo Lambert talk about their new book Relationship-Rich Education on episode 331 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Of all the places on college campuses where relationships take hold, the classroom is still the most important place.

We don’t use relational language to talk about how to go to college. And we need to do that.
-Leo Lambert

Relationships are high stakes for students both in college and after college.
-Leo Lambert

Of all the places on college campuses where relationships take hold, the classroom is still the most important place.
-Leo Lambert

They’re not asking us to solve all their problems, they just want to be seen as humans.
-Peter Felten

Resources Mentioned

Transformative Inclusion

with Paul Eaton

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Paul Eaton shares about transformative inclusion on episode 330 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is hard to get people to think outside of just individual behaviors.

There are times where you can be more real with students.
-Paul Eaton

It is hard to get people to think outside of just individual behaviors.
-Paul Eaton

We spend way too much time focusing on the individual acts and not enough time focusing on the system. We have got to fix the system and that is much harder work.
-Paul Eaton

Resources Mentioned

Teaching as Listening

with Chris Friend

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Chris Friend discusses teaching as listening on episode 328 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

We don’t teach content, we teach the students who are in the room.


We don’t teach content, we teach the students who are in the room.
-Chris Friend

Planning less has always paid off for me.
-Chris Friend

This semester’s classes amaze me with how flexible and sympathetic students are.
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Chris Friend

Resources Mentioned