Why Are We Studying This?
Once as an English major in college, I raised my hand and asked my teacher, “Why are we studying this?” It was not immediately apparent to me how scansion—identifying patterns of […]
I Don’t Really Know What to Do with Whiteness | A Conversation with AnaLouise Keating
In Teaching Transformation: Transcultural Classroom Dialogues, Dr. AnaLouise Keating presents an antiracist pedagogy that is invitational rather than oppositional. Director of the Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies doctoral program at Texas Women’s University, Keating […]
How to Talk about Race with Students in a Way that Matters | A Conversation with Matthew Kay
Matthew Kay’s new book Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom is one of the best books on teaching I’ve read. Its topics are crucially […]
Conversation Is Where Teaching Changes | A Conversation with Nancy Chick
Dr. Nancy Chick, co-editor of Teaching & Learning Inquiry, has just edited a new book to introduce folks to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), the movement within higher education […]
We Do Not Teach Alone
I am happy to share that my essay, “The State of Scholarship on Teaching Literature,” recently appeared in one of my favorite journals, Pedagogy. In this post, I want to reiterate a couple […]
How to Get Every Student Talking | A Conversation with Stephen Brookfield
I had a most lively and engaging conversation with Stephen Brookfield about The Discussion Book: 50 Great Ways to Get People Talking, his most recent book written with Stephen Preskill. I […]
