
Connected Teaching: Relationships, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education
An ongoing quest to understand relationship as a central force in teaching
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harriet L. Schwartz, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling at Carlow University (Pittsburgh, PA). In addition, Dr. Schwartz is a lead scholar for the International Center for Growth in Connection. She is at the forefront of applying Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) to teaching and learning, particularly in higher education. Dr. Schwartz also mentors students in Antioch University’s Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program in grounded theory, critical incident technique, and RCT. She will join the faculty at Antioch full-time in summer 2021.
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