Episode 5: Connected Teaching: The Importance of Relationships with Harriet Schwartz

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Written By Steven Robinow

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Thank you to Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive for providing these transcripts.

Summary

Dr. Harriet Schwartz of Antioch University discusses her recent book, “Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education”. Most faculty spend a significant part of their lives interacting with students. Dr. Schwartz’s book reminds us that so much of teaching is about moments with students. These moments can be brief or extended, but these moments, whatever the duration, can be transformative for students. Dr. Schwartz discusses the importance of these relationships and how to attend to these relationships so that students can be heard, seen, and most importantly, successful. Listen for an inspiring and helpful discussion that really is at the heart of why many of us teach.

References

  • Schwartz, Harriet L. (2019).Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education. Stylus Publishing LLC, Sterling, VA.

Reading Recommended by Harriet Schwartz

  • Burger, A. (2018). Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

  • Daloz, L. A. (2012). Mentor: Guiding the journey of adult learners (with new foreword, introduction, and afterword). John Wiley & Sons

  • Love, B. L. (2019). We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Beacon Press.

  • Miller, J. B. (2015). The healing connection: How women form relationships in therapy and in life. Beacon Press.

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