"The better I understand students' backstories, the more empathy, the more compassion I have for them," she says. "I treat them like real people and not just some object." The sense of community is probably most important for our students earliest in their careers to help them feel welcome,. And boy, I've had some wonderful conversations with those first-year students during those meetings".
Rob Eaton and Bonnie Moon share about building community in the college classroom on episode 470 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The better I understand students back stories, the more empathy and compassion I have for them.
-Rob Eaton