Exploring the complexities of teaching through personal anecdotes and analogies, this chapter emphasizes the value of continuous improvement and self-reflection in the education profession. From Rube Goldberg machines to setting 5% improvement goals each year, the speaker shares insights on empathy, storytelling, and perseverance in teaching.
Joe Hoyle shares lessons from more than 50 years of teaching and from his free book: Transformative Education, on episode 514 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
If you want to become a better teacher, find someone who has an interest in teaching like you do.
-Joe Hoyle
Great teaching is terribly, terribly complicated.
-Joe Hoyle
Having a good teacher who is kind to you is very, very important.
-Joe Hoyle
Your success, or your lack of success, is a product of the stories you’re telling yourself. So tell yourself different stories.
-Joe Hoyle