I used to be tremendously nervous before I walked into a classroom that lasted for years. And it wasn't until I started teaching with kindness and realized how thoroughly I had positioned my students as my antagonist that I realized that was why I was nervous. In order for us to be kind and show kindness in our teaching, we need to be able to be kind to ourselves.
Cate Denial shares about her book A Pedagogy of Kindness on episode 467 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I need to be a partner with my students in this learning process.
-Cate Denial
I walk into class prepared for collaboration and discovery with my students.
-Cate Denial