The Amateur Hour by Jonathan Zimmerman - A History of College Teaching

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Christopher: I am a historian by training, and so i've been trying to do some more reading in the historical perspectives of the things that i do now. So i came across this book, the 20 20 book, by jonathan zimmerman, the amateur hour. And it is a history of college teaching. The the book does not offer many answers. But if you're historically minded, or really just want a broader perspective on what it means to kind of in courage and work towards better teaching in college, i would highly recommend it.

Christopher Richmann talks about the self and syllabus project on episode 418 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Not all knowledge can be assessed or expressed in the same way.

There is growing interest in the issue of the self that we bring into the classroom.
-Christopher Richmann

We are embedded selves and we bring ourselves and all of the artifacts that go along with our teaching into the classroom and into the task of teaching.
-Christopher Richmann

Am I coming across on my syllabus? Do students meet me in my syllabus?
-Christopher Richmann

Not all knowledge can be assessed or expressed in the same way.
-Christopher Richmann