Setting Boundaries with Students and Other Questions
Jun 08, 2017•42 min
Episode description
Kerry Moore joins me to answer a question about setting boundaries with students, along with a few other listener questions, on episode 156 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
What am I like in the classroom and does that feel authentic to who I am?
— Kerry Moore
I would challenge the idea that having difficult conversations isn’t compatible with being a positive and supportive teaching presence.
— Kerry Moore
What are the ways that I’m going to make sure I’m available for connection to students with different personality styles?
— Kerry Moore
We can be friendly with our students … but if we call it a friendship, we’re setting up the students and ourselves for frustration and disappointment.
— Kerry Moore
Resources Mentioned
Question #1
Shawn asks about transitioning from being a practitioner to being more of a teacher.
Episode 101 on public sphere pedagogy with Thia Wolf
Planet Money podcast
Question #2
Lydia asks about setting boundaries with students.
Episode 099 on Encouraging Accountability with Angela Jenks
Episode 117 on The Balancing Act with Kerry Moore
April Fool’s joke by a Biola professor
Question #3
Steve asks about continuous course-improvement.
Question #4
Loic asks about getting things done without hierarchical power.
Loic pronunciation
Episode 080
The Empowered Manager* by Peter Block
French and Raven’s Bases of Power (1959)
Question #5
David-John asks about quality management for online programs.
Quality Matters
Online Learning Consortium