Teaching, Learning, and Everything Else

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I tell my students that one of my goals for every class that I have is that I want them to be uncomfortable at times. I say that if they’re comfortable with everything we’ve discussed and it doesn’t sound new to them or unusual then they’re not learning in the class, and that [...]

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“It’s just so much fun to live on the edge. And I think that’s what you do as a teacher. If you take it seriously and you’re excited about it and you want your students to do well, it is living on the edge.”

A conversation with Dr. William Buskist of Auburn University about master teachers.
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A conversation with Dr. Marcia Rossi of Tuskegee University about teaching, learning, and dealing with personal problems of students.
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A conversation with Dr. David Park of Xavier University of Louisiana about teaching and service learning.
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Links referenced in this episode:

Common Ground Relief
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Lower Ninth Ward Village
Xavier University of Louisiana’s Department of Communications on Facebook

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A conversation with Dr. Suzie Baker of James Madison University about teaching, learning and technology.
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Second Life
Facebook
Generational Myth by Siva Vaidhyanathan
A Vision of Students Today on YouTube