A heartfelt reflection on how a friendship revolving around Taco Bell and a friend named Paul led to deep conversations about teaching and student motivation, shaping the speaker's teaching philosophy profoundly. The chapter also explores the void felt after the unexpected loss of Paul.
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