"I love the idea of giving students a practical tool. It's also one of those tools you can use the rest of your life," she says. "How is this test going to prepare you for the next test once you learn how you did, how long it took to study?" She adds: "We have come in being ranked and rated since birth ... How do we kind of transform our classrooms? And then how can we carry that transformation forward"?
Cathy Davidson + Christina Katopodis talk about their new book, The New College Classroom, on episode 433 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Active learning is about structuring class so that students have more autonomy and control of their learning.
-Christina Katopodis
It takes time to unlearn traditional structures that have been ingrained in us.
-Christina Katopodis