The Joy of Teaching – Sustained, with Todd Zakrajsek

Todd Zakrajsek and Bonni Stachowiak discuss how to sustain our joy of teaching on episode 280 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
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Quotes from the episode

Don’t look for people who are like you, look for the people who are like the people you would like to be.
-Todd Zakrajsek

Schedule time and figure out ways to take care of yourself.
-Todd Zakrajsek

If you understand the importance and value of what you’re doing, it has more value for you.
-Todd Zakrajsek

Teach the students you have.
-Todd Zakrajsek

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Resources

• Teaching the Students We Have, Not the Students We Wish We Had, by Jesse Stommel and Sara Goldrick-Rab 
• International Teaching Learning Cooperative Network
• Educational Blueprints
• For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education*, by Christopher Emdin
• Neuroscientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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