Before she got her PhD, I worked for about six years as a web communicator. And so my orientation has always been around how to organize things in ways that makes sense. So if I want students to identify and chase some curiosities, which I do, then I need to be very clear about what the expectations are.
Liz Norell shares about finding joy and curiosity in the questions on episode 453 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Get closer to people.
-Liz Norell
When you know someone, it is much harder to demonize them.
-Liz Norell
Get authentically curious about how other people see and experience the world.
-Liz Norell
I change the readings every semester.
-Liz Norell
I put readings on the syllabus that I haven’t read yet so that I can learn with my students.
-Liz Norell