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Eight faculty share their failure stories on this special #100th episode of Teaching in Higher Ed.
At the time, I felt like I had to know everything in order to be a good teacher, so instead of admitting that I didn’t know the answer to the student’s question, I dismissed it.
—Cameron Hunt-McNabbI think I understand way better now what kinds of issues my students think are important.
—Doug McKeeI strongly identified with that strain of perfectionism that insists that unless every student in every class feels like every moment was a rich and profound learning experience, then I have failed.
—Jeff Hittenberger
Janine Utell: Dear Committee Members* by Julie Schumacher
José Bowen: Teaching Naked* by José Bowen
Sean Micael Morris: Savvy* by Ingrid Law
Cameron Hunt McNabb: Tina Fey’s advice to “Say yes” in her memoir, Bossy Pants*
Amy Collier: Quotes Anne Lamott: “These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced,” from her book Grace (Eventually)*
Doug McKee: Piazza*
Aaron Daniel Annas: Amazon Echo*
Rebecca Campbell: Be kind to students. Don’t make assumptions.
Linda Nielsen: Cultivate your courage by trying out things you’re afraid of.
Lee Skallerup Bessette: Be hopeful. Be optimistic. And give your students the benefit of the doubt right from the start.
Doug McKee: Try poster sessions with students.
Peter Newbury: Get yourself into a learning community. Get on Twitter.