The last day of class is always hard for me because it's the three months of getting to know somebody and now they're friends and they're going to go away. I think keeping in touch, I mean, I just wrote a book, the new science of learning. If you've enjoyed this book or learned anything from it, you know, send me an email. It's really fun to watch them at seasons of their life when they were in a class.
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