Teaching in Higher Ed

Finding Joy and Curiosity in the Questions

Feb 16, 2023

42:59

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Teaching Civil Political Dialogue: Bridging Gaps Across Political Differences

01:34

Finding Joy in Learning: A Teacher's Perspective

01:40

Creating a Liquid Syllabus with Google Sites

01:23

Learning Management System (LMS) - Search Is Not Enough

02:03

Introduction

2min

How Did You Learn About Politics?

2min

How to Soften People

2min

Will You Leave Your Politics Out of the Classroom?

3min

What It's Like to Teach American Government

3min

How Do You Approach Creating a Welcome Video?

3min

How Do I Be Human?

2min

Are You Having a Fear of Asking a Question?

4min

How to Student Not Set It

2min

10.

The Rabbit Trails - What Would It Feel Like to Be Curious?

3min

11.

Orientation - Organizing a Course

2min

12.

I Love a Liquid Syllabus

2min

13.

Learning Management System (LMS) - Search Is Not Enough

2min

14.

Is Google Sites a Good Accessibility Practice?

2min

15.

What Is Text Expander?

5min

16.

Top Gun 2 by Roxanne Gay

2min

17.

The Present Professor

3min

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 authentically curious about how other people see and experience the world.

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

Resources

Liz’s Political Science Liquid Syllabus
Braving the Wilderness, by Brené Brown
Cate Denial – pedagogy of care
What Unites Us, by Dan Rather
Calendly
Josh Eyler
Liquid Syllabus – Michelle Pacansky-Brock
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Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org. All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia.”

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