The Self and Syllabus

Christopher Richmann talks about the self and syllabus project on episode 418 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

There is growing interest in the issue of the self that we bring into the classroom.
-Christopher Richmann

We are embedded selves and we bring ourselves and all of the artifacts that go along with our teaching into the classroom and into the task of teaching.
-Christopher Richmann

Am I coming across on my syllabus? Do students meet me in my syllabus?
-Christopher Richmann

Not all knowledge can be assessed or expressed in the same way.
-Christopher Richmann

Resources

• The Self and Syllabus
• Richmann, Christopher; Kurinec, Courtney; and Millsap, Matthew (2020) “Syllabus Language, Teaching Style, and Instructor Self-Perception: Toward Congruence,” International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 14: No. 2, Article 4.
• Joshua Been, Assistant Librarian and Director of Data and Digital Scholarship
• Grasha-Riechmann Teaching-Styles Inventory
• Death to the Syllabus! Mano Singham
• Dunning-Kruger effect
• The Promising Syllabus, by James Lang for The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Ken Bain
• Jessamyn Neuhaus
• Professors Talk Pedagogy Podcast