Teaching in Higher Ed

Write Like You Teach

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James Lang shares about his latest book, Write Like You Teach, on episode 583 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Answers on their own are not interesting. They become interesting when we know the questions behind them.

-James Lang

When you take a reader on a journey, as the reader works through an essay or book that you’ve written, they spend a lot of time with you.

-James Lang

Be attentive to the person that you are on the page to the reader.

-James Lang

Start right now. That’s the most important thing.

-James Lang

Resources
  • Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills to a Bigger Audience by James M. Lang
  • Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It by James M. Lang
  • Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning by James M. Lang
  • Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty by James M. Lang
  • The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton
  • The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
  • How Can Educators Teach Critical Thinking? by Daniel T. Willingham (American Educator)
  • James M. Lang’s official website
  • Susan Orlean’s official website
  • Scrivener, a popular writing and revision tool for long-form projects
  • The Opposite of Cheating from the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series (University of Oklahoma Press)
  • University of Oklahoma Press – Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series
  • Christine Tulley
  • The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource, by Chris Hayes
  • Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf

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