On feeling and knowing: Radical conversations about teaching and learning
September 23, 2021
Even within a historical moment when diversity in higher education is being spoken about with unprecedented frequency, certain core assumptions and traditional norms continue to govern our understanding of what constitutes deep learning. Classrooms are to be safe spaces, we’re told. Yet educators working within complex realms, where the tensions and discomforts of human experience offer no safe havens, know that deep learning often elicits strong feelings.
In a brave effort to move us beyond our attachments to making classrooms comfortable, Dr. Tara Mayer created On Feeling and Knowing, a series of seven recorded conversations with seasoned educators like Dr. Jasmine Harris, Dr. Annette Henry (2021 Wall Scholar) and Dr. Ross Gay – all working at the creative frontiers of their disciplines.
Funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, the series will launch on the PWIAS website in September 2021. On Feeling and Knowing will serve as a point of departure for anyone – accomplished educators and graduate students alike – seeking to expand and grow their teaching practice.
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