Teaching in Higher Ed

Proactive Inclusivity

with Carl Moore

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On today’s episode, Dr. Carl Moore and I have a dialog about proactive inclusivity.

Proactive Inclusivity

Guest: Dr. Carl Moore

Dr. Moore is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Research Academy for Integrated Learning (RAIL) at University of DC. Prior to his current role he served as an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Education as well as the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Temple University. More

Quotes

There are stages in which a person can honestly, truly feel [colorblind], but I do think that there is something to be said about honoring and respecting differences.
—Carl Moore

I have a strong sense of ethnic identity, but also a strong sense of identity of the mainstream majority, [as] an American.
—Carl Moore

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Public Sphere Pedagogy

with Thia Wolf

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On this week's episode, Dr. Thia Wolf shares about public sphere pedagogy.

Thia Wolf

Guest: Thia Wolf

Thia is a Professor of English and Director of the First-Year Experience Program at California State University, Chico, where she has worked since 1989. Prior to her appointment in the FYE program, she coordinated a variety of writing programs, including the first-year composition program and the writing across the disciplines program.  Since 2006, she has been collaborating with faculty in several disciplines to embed public dimensions in first-year classes. Her publications have focused on collaborative learning and on public sphere pedagogy. More

Quotes

Students need to have an experience when they come to college that … gives them a sense that education is for the rest of their lives, it’s to help them do things in the world.
—Thia Wolf

I noticed that the curriculum of first year students looks a lot like the curriculum in high school … I would say that it sends the “Not ready for prime time” message.
—Thia Wolf

When [students] go public with their work, they have to stand by it, and really remarkable things happen.
—Thia Wolf

We don’t give students opportunities to experience and reflect on how the curriculum is part of them and how they are affecting it.
—Thia Wolf

Resources

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The Failure Episode

with Dave Stachowiak

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Eight faculty share their failure stories on this special #100th episode of Teaching in Higher Ed.

failure

CV of Failures

Quotes

At the time, I felt like I had to know everything in order to be a good teacher, so instead of admitting that I didn't know the answer to the student's question, I dismissed it.
—Cameron Hunt-McNabb

I think I understand way better now what kinds of issues my students think are important.
—Doug McKee

I strongly identified with that strain of perfectionism that insists that unless every student in every class feels like every moment was a rich and profound learning experience, then I have failed.
—Jeff Hittenberger

Guest Stories

1) Katie Linder

2) Jeff Hittenberger

  • Felt like he had failed at the end of each semester.

3.) Angela Jenks

  • Didn’t know how much the class textbooks cost.

4.) Josh Eyler

5.) Michelle Miller

  • Didn’t take care of a problem before it escalated.

6.) James Lang

  • Was not clear enough in assignment criteria.

7.) Cameron Hunt-McNabb

  • Thought she had to know everything to be good teacher.

7.) Maha Bali

  • Laughed at student’s suffering … almost.

8.) Doug McKee

Recommendations

Books:

Janine Utell: Dear Committee Members* by Julie Schumacher

José Bowen: Teaching Naked* by José Bowen

Sean Micael Morris: Savvy* by Ingrid Law

Cameron Hunt McNabb: Tina Fey’s advice to “Say yes” in her memoir, Bossy Pants*

Amy Collier: Quotes Anne Lamott: “These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced,” from her book Grace (Eventually)*

Tools:

Doug McKee: Piazza*

Aaron Daniel Annas: Amazon Echo*

Teaching inspiration:

Rebecca Campbell: Be kind to students. Don’t make assumptions.

Linda Nielsen: Cultivate your courage by trying out things you’re afraid of.

Lee Skallerup Bessette: Be hopeful. Be optimistic. And give your students the benefit of the doubt right from the start.

Doug McKee: Try poster sessions with students.

Peter Newbury: Get yourself into a learning community. Get on Twitter.

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Encouraging Accountability

with Angela Jenks

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Dr. Angela Jenks shares about her experiences encouraging accountability in her students on today’s episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

encouraging accountability

Guest: Angela Jenks

Angela is a medical anthropologist and Lecturer, PSOE (Tenure-Track Teaching Faculty) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, where she also directs the M.A. in Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies program.

Quotes

It’s not necessarily a kindness to not fulfill the requirements of the class.
—Angela Jenks

One of the challenges is holding standards while not turning the classroom into an adversarial situation.
—Angela Jenks

One of the things I focus on increasingly is very clear policies.
—Angela Jenks

I didn’t want the syllabus to turn into something that reads like a Terms of Service.
—Angela Jenks

Mentioned in Episode

Podcast episodes on kindness:

Podcast episode on Attitude:

Recommendations

Bonni recommends:

Allowing students to “show up.” Consider this quote from Anne Lamott (who was mentioned on Episode 070 with Amy Collier):

I had a session over the phone with my therapist today. I have these secret pangs of shame about being single, like I wasn't good enough to get a husband. Rita reminded me of something I'd told her once, about the five rules of the world as arrived at by this Catholic priest named Tom Weston.

The first rule, he says, is that you must not have anything wrong with you or anything different.

The second one is that if you do have something wrong with you, you must get over it as soon as possible.

The third rule is that if you can't get over it, you must pretend that you have.

The fourth rule is that if you can't even pretend that you have, you shouldn't show up. You should stay home, because it’s hard for everyone else to have you around.

And the fifth rule is that if you are going to insist on showing up, you should at least have the decency to feel ashamed.

So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.

—Anne Lamott

The Skillful Teacher

with Stephen Brookfield

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skillful teacher

Stephen Brookfield shares about his book, The Skillful Teacher, on today's episode of Teaching in Higher Ed.

Quotes

I think I internalized early in my career that my job was to talk, to profess. And that if I wasn’t talking, then I really wasn’t earning my money. I still feel that, and I fight against it constantly.
—Stephen Brookfield

Skillful teaching is whatever helps students learn.
—Stephen Brookfield

College students of any age should be treated as adults.
—Stephen Brookfield

Teachers need a constant awareness of how students are experiencing their learning and perceiving teachers’ actions.
—Stephen Brookfield

Resources

The Skillful Teacher*

Episode 15 with Stephen Brookfield: How to get students to participate in discussion.