Tag Inclusive Teaching

Categories Reflections & Provocations Student Learning & Engagement Teaching Practice

Content Can Be Delivered Anywhere. Teaching Cannot.

Why Teaching Is About Uncovering Ideas, Not Delivering Content Content can be delivered anywhere. Slides can be uploaded, readings shared, and lectures recorded. Digital platforms facilitate easier and faster distribution of information to students at scale. In many ways, higher education has become highly effective at delivering content. But teaching is something different. Teaching is more…

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Categories Academic Identity & Professional Learning Reflections & Provocations Student Learning & Engagement

From Hilltop Hoods to Higher Ed: Why Silence Matters in Teaching

Recently, I was listening to Hilltop Hoods’ new album Fall From Light. On the track Rage Against The Fatigue, there’s a deliberate three-second silence between the words “cliff” and “hangers.” The first time I heard it, I thought something was wrong. But it was intentional — and it made me think about silence in teaching.…

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