Recovering Academics: Recent Episodes
Elizabeth M. Sanchez
In this episode, we put academics aside temporarily to deal with our own burnout from 18 months of living in a pandemic. Yes, even teachers have bad days.
In this episode, Elizabeth and Antoinette discuss the burden of responsibility any of us holds for our past actions.
In this episode, we share our thoughts on watching yet another institute of higher education being shut down. Spoiler alert: it happens to be our former employer.
Former academics Antoinette and Elizabeth debate the usefulness and inclusiveness of the time-honored method of instructional delivery, the college lecture. Is it still effective in a world obsessed with visual and interactive media? Does the erudite, learned professor know what's best for students of all backgrounds? Or is the sage on the stage, at best, an anachronism, or at worst, a condescending and tone-deaf elitist?