A few other quotes from the podcast:
Educational developers are caregivers.
-Este Jordan
The types of grief we experience depend on the different dimensions of our identity.
-Chinasa Elue
People want to know that they are seen, valued, and heard.
-Chinasa Elue
We have to become more comfortable with talking about grief in our workplaces.
-Chinasa Elue
Published by: West Virginia University Press, 2023.
Mental health challenges on college campuses were a huge problem before COVID-19, and now they are even more pronounced. But while much has been written about higher education’s mental health crisis, very little research focuses on the role played by those on campus whose influence on student well-being may well be greatest: teachers. Drawing from interviews with students and the scholarship of teaching and learning, this book helps correct the oversight, examining how faculty can—instead of adding to their own significant workloads or duplicating counselors’ efforts—combat student stress through adjustments to the work they already do as teachers.
Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom provides practical tips that reduce unnecessary discouragement. It demonstrates how small improvements in teaching can have great impacts in the lives of students with mental health challenges, while simultaneously boosting learning for all students.
The ebook is now available through the Hege Library and Learning Technologies catalog, and the print version will be added to the faculty resource collection housed just outside the Collaboratory.