Overcoming the Curse of Expertise and Other Ways to Be Inclusive in Our Teaching, with Sheila Tabanli
Episode Description
Sheila Tabanli shares ways to overcome the curse of expertise and other ways to be inclusive in our teaching on episode 608 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
“I suggest, sign up to a course that you have no idea, and then we’ll talk later. In other words, feel what it means to be a novice.”
– Sheila Tabanli
“An expert in a field doesn’t necessarily mean they will be able to effectively teach that content.”
– Sheila Tabanli
“There are differences between how experts and novices look at this content.”
– Sheila Tabanli
“We can still slow down. We can still show how an expert solves a math problem without sacrificing from the rigor or the content.”
– Sheila Tabanli
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