The Skillful Teacher

Stephen Brookfield shares about his book, The Skillful Teacher, on today’s episode of Teaching in Higher Ed.

I think I internalized early in my career that my job was to talk, to profess. And that if I wasn’t talking, then I really wasn’t earning my money. I still feel that, and I fight against it constantly.
—Stephen Brookfield

Skillful teaching is whatever helps students learn.
—Stephen Brookfield

College students of any age should be treated as adults.
—Stephen Brookfield

Teachers need a constant awareness of how students are experiencing their learning and perceiving teachers’ actions.
—Stephen Brookfield

The Skillful Teacher*

Episode 15 with Stephen Brookfield: How to get students to participate in discussion.