The Present Professor

<p>It's hard to learn when you're under stress and a lot harder when your teacher is struggling with stress too. In a world where stress is unavoidable-where political turmoil pandemic fallout and personal challenges touch everyone-this timely book offers much-needed guidance for cutting through the emotional static that can hold teachers back. A specialist in pedagogical strategies with extensive classroom experience Elizabeth A. Norell explains how an educator's presence or authenticity can be critical to creating transformational spaces for students. And presence she argues means uncovering and understanding one's own internal struggles and buried insecurities-stresses often left unconfronted in an academic culture that values knowing over feeling. Presenting the research on how and why such inner work unlocks transformational learning <em>The Present Professor</em> equips educators with the tools for crafting a more authentic presence in their teaching work.</p><p><br></p><p>At a time of crisis in higher education as teachers struggle to find new ways to relate to think about and instruct students this book holds a key. Implementing more inclusive pedagogies Norell suggests requires sorting out our own identities. In short if we want to create spaces where students have the confidence comfort and psychological safety to learn and grow we have to create spaces where we do too. <em>The Present Professor</em> is dedicated to that proposition and to helping educators build that transformational space.</p><p><br></p>