Anything that's worth learning is going to have a rough time at the beginning. As we establish community, it's not going to be easy at first but once you work at it for a while, it gets easier and easier. It starts from before the first day of class even. And again, if we're not doing that before that first day, we're kind of wasting some opportunities.
Todd Zakrajsek talks about how to grow a positive learning community on episode 444 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Community is what drives learning.
-Todd Zakrajsek
Students are not going to learn if they don’t believe they can learn.
-Todd Zakrajsek
My job is to help students be the best possible learners they can be.
-Todd Zakrajsek
It is important to know that everyone you meet can be fighting something at any given moment.
-Todd Zakrajsek