I had undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder. The way that I tried to cope was by being authoritarian. There was no room for creativity or spontaneity in my classes. It wasn't that I didn't belong at Knox, it was that I was not teaching well. So I gradually began to try and unpick the sense that students were my antagonists.
Cate Denial shares about her book A Pedagogy of Kindness on episode 467 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I need to be a partner with my students in this learning process.
-Cate Denial
I walk into class prepared for collaboration and discovery with my students.
-Cate Denial