Teaching in Higher Ed

Growing a Positive Learning Community

Listen Later

Todd Zakrajsek talks about how to grow a positive learning community on episode 444 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Community is what drives learning.

-Todd Zakrajsek

Students are not going to learn if they don’t believe they can learn.

-Todd Zakrajsek

My job is to help students be the best possible learners they can be.

-Todd Zakrajsek

It is important to know that everyone you meet can be fighting something at any given moment.

-Todd Zakrajsek

Resources
  • Tracie Addy’s (and colleagues) Who’s in class survey
  • Tuckman’s stages of team development
  • Teaching Within the Rhythms of the Semester, by Donna Killian Duffy and Janet Wright Jones
  • ‘Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.’ – Ian MacLaren
  • The New Science of Learning 3e, by Todd Zakrajsek
  • Zotero

    • Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org(https://bookshop.org/shop/teachinginhighered). All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC)(https://bookshop.org/shop/LibroMobile), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia(https://www.cuentosmobile.com/bio).”

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Teaching in Higher EdBy Bonni Stachowiak
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8

    4.8

    360 ratings

    More shows like Teaching in Higher Ed

    View all
    This American Life by This American Life

    This American Life

    90,835 Listeners

    Fresh Air by NPR

    Fresh Air

    38,121 Listeners

    99% Invisible by Roman Mars

    99% Invisible

    26,204 Listeners

    Coaching for Leaders by Dave Stachowiak

    Coaching for Leaders

    1,475 Listeners

    The Pulse by NPR

    The Pulse

    322 Listeners

    The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast by Jennifer Gonzalez

    The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

    2,385 Listeners

    Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

    Hidden Brain

    43,265 Listeners

    Scene on Radio by Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

    Scene on Radio

    10,813 Listeners

    Code Switch by NPR

    Code Switch

    14,501 Listeners

    Tea for Teaching by John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare

    Tea for Teaching

    70 Listeners

    Choiceology with Katy Milkman by Charles Schwab

    Choiceology with Katy Milkman

    1,447 Listeners

    Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed by Jeff Selingo, Michael Horn

    Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed

    132 Listeners

    The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily by American Public Media

    The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

    1,176 Listeners

    Throughline by NPR

    Throughline

    15,858 Listeners

    Dave's Journal by Dave Stachowiak

    Dave's Journal

    16 Listeners

    A Slight Change of Plans by Pushkin Industries

    A Slight Change of Plans

    1,867 Listeners

    College Matters from The Chronicle by The Chronicle of Higher Education

    College Matters from The Chronicle

    64 Listeners