Teaching in Higher Ed

Racial Identity in the Classroom

with Stephen Brookfield

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racial identity

Stephen Brookfield discusses racial identity in the classroom on episode 147 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

For the first half of my life I was race blind.
–Stephen Brookfield

I was colluding in a system and in practices that reinforced racism without consciously being aware of this.
–Stephen Brookfield

Most white people grow up with these elements in their consciousness but are unaware that they’re there.
–Stephen Brookfield

We’re here to challenge, rather than to reassure.
–Stephen Brookfield

We know that we’ll have been successful when … some of our comfortable assumptions are being questioned.
–Stephen Brookfield

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James Lang and Ken Bain on Motivation in the Classroom

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Ken Bain

James Lang interviews Ken Bain about motivation in the classroom on episode 146 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It’s the question that the goal entails that becomes so driving for the students.
–Ken Bain

Students are most likely to take a deep approach to their learning when they’re trying to answer questions.
–Ken Bain

Teach less, better.
–Ken Bain

We are currently interested in certain questions because we were once interested in another question.
–Ken Bain

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When Things Will Just Have to Do

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just have to do

Bonni Stachowiak shares about when things will just have to do on episode 145 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Digital Literacy – Then and Now

with Bryan Alexander

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Digital Literacy

Bryan Alexander shares about digital literacy – then and now – on episode 144 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Most of us were not trained in participatory media, and we haven’t really integrated that into our teaching.
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A key part of digital literacy in the social age is that it is productive. We make stuff.
—Bryan Alexander

Technical skills are an unavoidable part of digital literacy.
—Bryan Alexander

The way we’ve constructed the mobile experience is often apart from the web.
—Bryan Alexander

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Keeping Evergreen As Professors and Educators

with Teresa Sörö

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professors

Teresa Soro provides ideas on how we can keep evergreen as professors and educators on episode 143 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

No brain is very smart alone.
–Teresa Soro

You go from being the expert to being the one facilitating the learning.
–Teresa Soro

We need to let go of control — it’s their learning.
–Teresa Soro

I can have great thoughts on my own, but they always get better with others.
–Teresa Soro

I think it’s important to be able to allow a little bit more room for mistakes and creativity.
–Teresa Soro

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