<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;For&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;Dr. Bryan Dewsbury,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;equity-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;minded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;inclusive, or humanist teaching means distinguishing&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;teaching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;students&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span class="TextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;from teaching subject matter.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;The humanity of students&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;in other words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;prioritized over course content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;, and their lived experiences become vital to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;how the classroom&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;operates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;In our conversation, Dr. Dewsbury&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;describes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;how he confronted the challenges of teaching online during COVID lockdowns,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;while also highlighting the many dimensions of his approach&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;humanist teaching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;He explains, for example,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;how&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;restructuring&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;"office hours"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;"student hours&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;can&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;deepen&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;student&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;learning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;how the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;principles of PhD qualifying exams&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;might help us&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;design open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;book undergraduate exams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;; and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;he&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;offers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;othe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;possibilities for inviting&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;students to become thoughtful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;, engaged&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW167966242 BCX0"&gt;citizens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW167966242 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":276}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Full episode transcript and references are available on our &lt;a title= "3QTL: Three Questions About Teaching and Learning" href= "https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/podcast/3qtl#episodes" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

3QTL: Three Questions about Teaching and Learning

Derritt Mason

What Motivates Students to be Their Best Selves?

APR 3, 202429 MIN
3QTL: Three Questions about Teaching and Learning

What Motivates Students to be Their Best Selves?

APR 3, 202429 MIN

Description

For Dr. Bryan Dewsbury, equity-minded, inclusive, or humanist teaching means distinguishing teaching students from teaching subject matter. The humanity of students, in other words, is prioritized over course content, and their lived experiences become vital to how the classroom operates. In our conversation, Dr. Dewsbury describes how he confronted the challenges of teaching online during COVID lockdowns, while also highlighting the many dimensions of his approach to humanist teaching. He explains, for example, how restructuring "office hours" as "student hours" can deepen student learning; how the principles of PhD qualifying exams might help us design open-book undergraduate exams; and he offers other possibilities for inviting students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens. Full episode transcript and references are available on our website.