Aaron Daniel Annas and I converse about how we have calibrated our teaching over time.

Podcast Notes
Calibrating our Teaching
Aaron Daniel Annas
Assistant professor of cinema arts
Faculty Director of the Vanguard Sundance Program
Reflections on year one
Bonni reflects on her first year
Taking things personally (a good lesson on how to avoid this is to hear Cheating Lessons author, James Lang, on episode #043)
Aaron Daniel reflects on his first few semesters

You’re not giving someone a grade; they’re earning a grade.

Calibrating your teaching

Importance of setting expectations
Stressing the whys as you raise the level of challenge
Realize they aren’t likely to thank you during the process of being challenged
Bonni’s post: The Dip
Atherton J.S.’s post: Course of a course
Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less, by Greg McKeown
Determining what hours to have direct contact with students should be allowed
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