Severance

Rob Parke and Michael Boyce explore with me what the tv show Severance would look like if it took place in higher ed (spoilers at very end - we warn you when to hop off)) on episode 424 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I think there is a culture of “I’m going hard for 9 months with very little boundaries and then I am off for the summer.”

-Rob Parke

Setting boundaries in my syllabus is me setting up expectations for work-life balance.

-Michael Boyce

I think a lot of push on student-centered teaching almost encourages bad boundaries.

-Michael Boyce

Many of us in our institutions don’t deal with grief well.

-Rob Parke

Resources

Wikipedia: Severance

IMDB: Severance

Episode 301 with Andrew (Andy) Stenhouse (about Positive Work-Life Spillover)

Episode 394 with Tracie Addy (she talked about The Who’s in Class survey)

Episode 419 with Julia Charles-Linen (she recommended Octavia Butler’s books)

Episode 126 with Jackie and Rob Parke about empathy toward greater inclusion

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