Toward Cruelty-Free Syllabi

Matthew Cheney describes Cruelty-Free Syllabi on episode 296 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode A lot of my work, a lot of my career, and a lot of the moments that were most tense were moments where I had forgotten to trust students. -Matthew Cheney Respect students as human beings. -Matthew Cheney Students don’t enter a classroom immediately trusting a teacher. -Matthew Cheney We get used to a bureaucratic academic language that we oftentimes just inherit . -Matthew Cheney Resources Mentioned David Rhoads - hyflex learning Jesse Stommel Opening a Syllabus Cruelty-Free Syllabi Radical Open Syllabi Why My Students Design the Syllabus #fight4edu, by Cathy Davidson Extreme Makeover: Pedagogy Edition, by Robin DeRosa Ungrading Workshop Resources Sara Goldrick-Rab