Steve: "I'm about to make a professional transition and go teach at our sister institution BYU. I feel like a seventh grader going to a new junior high" Steve shares an experience of disclosing something about his Parkinson's to your class. He says it can be hard for professors who've been in place for a while, what students feel like when they often leave behind family and friends.
Rob Eaton and Bonnie Moon share about building community in the college classroom on episode 470 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The better I understand students back stories, the more empathy and compassion I have for them.
-Rob Eaton