I think I've just always been curious and kind of like an anthropological mindset sort of way. And we start the semester by reading a chapter from Brené Brown's book, Braving the Wilderness. The name of the chapter is people are hard to hate close up move in. When you know someone it's much harder to demonize them.
Liz Norell shares about finding joy and curiosity in the questions on episode 453 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Get closer to people.
-Liz Norell
When you know someone, it is much harder to demonize them.
-Liz Norell
Get authentically curious about how other people see and experience the world.
-Liz Norell
I change the readings every semester.
-Liz Norell
I put readings on the syllabus that I haven’t read yet so that I can learn with my students.
-Liz Norell