Knowing whether or noto knowing how to pitch things at what level is a huge one. You have to decide what and how you teach and at what level. And i don't think a lot of faculty give themselves credit for that. I've watched people who were poor teachers, or people who are not teachers who tried to teach. It runs tise injustas i don't get no, it wasn't pitched the right way at the right level. Just hugely important. When i think about the many challenges that have been exasperated by the pandemic, one of them is most definitely cognitive load.
Todd Zakrajsek shares about the 3rd edition of The New Science of Learning on episode 422 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Let people struggle a little bit.
-Todd Zakrajsek
If you don’t teach students how to do well in groups, they don’t tend to get better at it.
-Todd Zakrajsek