Bonnie Raison: It's essential that we establish and maintain a positive learning community. She says students are not going to learn if they don't believe they can learn. A lot of times when I'm working with faculty, you're trying things and it seems like they're not working., she says. "It takes a little while and there's some resistance that's very natural"
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