Bonnie: I was petrified that a student would ask me a question and I wouldn't know the answer because it would devalue and delegitimize me being in front of the classroom. We do have issues if you're from an underrepresented group and a marginalized group women tend to have more difficulties than men in terms of legitimacy, she says. "Once you get into just explaining what I'm thinking and then I start asking questions how would you interpret this and it becomes this fabulous teachable moment," Bonnie adds.
Todd Zakrajsek on episode 455 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Sometimes you just don’t know where a class is going to go.
-Todd Zakrajsek
There are great advantages to looking at things from different perspectives.
-Todd Zakrajsek