Connected Teaching: Relationships, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education

An ongoing quest to understand relationship as a central force in teaching

Connected Teaching: Relationships, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education

An ongoing quest to understand relationship as a central force in teaching

Essentials of Constructivist Critical Incident Technique provides a thorough introduction to Constructivist Critical Incident Technique (CIT), a qualitative research method. Written by experts Harriet Schwartz, PhD, and Elizabeth Holloway, PhD, the book offers practical guidance for both new and experienced researchers seeking to explore significant life events from participants’ perspectives. CIT is particularly valuable in the social sciences, healthcare, business, and service industries, where exploring incidents can deepen understanding and inform practice.

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Connected Teaching Harriet Schwartz Book

Connected Teaching explores teaching as a relational practice – a practice wherein connection and disconnection with students, power, identity, and emotion shape the teaching and learning endeavor. I describe moments of energetic deep learning and what makes these powerful moments happen. I call on readers to be open to and seek relationship, understand their own socio-cultural identity (and how this shapes internal experience and the ways in which they are met in the world), and vigilantly explore and recognize emotion in the teaching endeavor.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harriet L. Schwartz, PhD is the author of Connected Teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education (Routledge, 2019) and co-author of Essentials of Constructivist Critical Incident Technique (APA, 2025). She is at the forefront of bringing Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) to higher education. Harriet is a professor of relational practice and higher education in Antioch University’s PhD in Leadership and Change program.

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