Teaching in Higher Ed

Teaching the Literature Survey Course

with James Lang

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James Lang shares about teaching the Literature Survey course on episode 210 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

What do we expect, in terms of breadth of knowledge within a discipline, and how do you get students to learn that?
—James Lang

Deep learning is when students create connections between the course material and their own lives.
—James Lang

Where are the opportunities in my syllabus for students to make their voices heard?
—James Lang

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Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies

with Asao Inoue

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Assessment and grading

Asao B. Inoue discusses antiracist writing assessment ecologies on episode 209 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Racism is a set of structures that often are invisible to us because they seem so natural.
—Asao B. Inoue

We all come from and work in hegemonic systems.
—Asao B. Inoue

I don’t think that anyone is a bad person … what we have are bad systems.
—Asao B. Inoue

The engine of learning is labor.
—Asao B. Inoue

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The 208 Backstory

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Bonni Stachowiak shares the 208 backstory on episode 208 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

backstory

Do what you can to find out the lay of the land and don’t rely solely on interviews.
—Bonni Stachowiak

 

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Rethinking Higher Education

with Wendy Purcell

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rethinking higher education

Wendy Purcell shares about rethinking higher education on episode 207 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I think you’re seeing that universities now are needing to be much more connected to the society we serve.
—Wendy Purcell

You really will be learning throughout your life.
—Wendy Purcell

The very best education should transform you.
—Wendy Purcell

You are supporting transformation of people, and through people, transformation of society at large.
—Wendy Purcell

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
—Socrates

To an unprecedented extent, universities must partner with government, business, and civil society to take on the grand challenges of sustainable development that lie ahead.
—Jeff Sachs

If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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