Teaching Change, with José Bowen

José Bowen shares about his new book, Teaching Change, on episode 382 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

College students are aware of the fact that they change.
-José Bowen

What are the important questions that our discipline answers?
-José Bowen

Diverse groups do better work and outperform groups of highly competent homogenous groups. They also take longer because they have more conflict because they question assumptions.
-José Bowen

It is a hard position to be the person in the group who questions assumptions.
-José Bowen

We think the opposite of conflict is harmony. The opposite of conflict is apathy.
-José Bowen

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Resources

• Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021), by José Bowen (30% off with Code HTWN)
• Stephen Brookfield
• Michael Sandel’s Justice Course
• Change the question(s)
• Teaching Naked
• Teaching Half-Naked

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