John Warner shares about values, interdisciplinary knowledge, and pedagogy on episode 172 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I realized I could make choices consistent with what I think is important.
—John Warner

What we think is best is highly dependent on our values.
—John Warner

Attention by itself is not a function of learning.
—John Warner

The classroom belongs to the student as much as the instructor.
—John Warner

Resources Mentioned

• Chicago Tribune’s Biblioracle
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
• A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
• My “Last” Class by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• I Miss Teaching by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• I’m Never Assigning an Essay Again by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• Moving Students Away From Their Phones by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• The False God of Attention by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• Considering Student Silences by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• Teaching Sentences, Not “Grammar” by John Warner, Inside Higher Ed
• The Invitation by Bonni Stachowiak, Teaching in Higher Ed
• Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other* by Sherry Turkle

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