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Ken Bain, author  of  What the Best College Teachers Do and What the Best College Students Do, joins Headagogy to discuss his latest book, Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning.  The discussion with Bain not only delves into examples of these courses and their relationship with problem based learning, but also into critical ideas for teaching and learning, such as why "expectation failure" is so absolutely critical.  Learn the steps you need to take to start your own "super course."

<p>Ken Bain, author  of  <em>What the Best College Teachers Do</em> and <em>What the Best College Students Do, </em>joins <em>Headagogy </em>to discuss his latest book, <em>Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning</em>.  The discussion with Bain not only delves into examples of these courses and their relationship with problem based learning, but also into critical ideas for teaching and learning, such as why "expectation failure" is so absolutely critical.  Learn the steps you need to take to start your own "super course."</p>

Supercourses, with Ken Bain

James Lang interviews Ken Bain about motivation in the classroom on episode 146 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It’s the question that the goal entails that becomes so driving for the students. –Ken Bain Students are most likely to take a deep approach to their learning when they’re trying to answer questions. –Ken Bain Teach less, better. –Ken Bain We are currently interested in certain questions because we were once interested in another question. –Ken Bain Resources Mentioned  James Lang was previously on Teaching in Higher Ed on:  Episode 19: Cheating Lessons Episode 92: Small Teaching   Ken Bain was previously on Teaching in Higher Ed on:  Episode 36: What the Best College Teachers Do   Small Teaching* by James Lang Ken’s books * James’s books*  Are You Enjoying the Show?  Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity. 

<p>James Lang interviews Ken Bain about motivation in the classroom on episode 146 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.</p> <h3>Quotes from the episode</h3> <p>It’s the question that the goal entails that becomes so driving for the students.<br/> –Ken Bain</p> <p>Students are most likely to take a deep approach to their learning when they’re trying to answer questions.<br/> –Ken Bain</p> <p>Teach less, better.<br/> –Ken Bain</p> <p>We are currently interested in certain questions because we were once interested in another question.<br/> –Ken Bain</p> <h3>Resources Mentioned</h3> <ul> <li>James Lang was previously on Teaching in Higher Ed on: <ul> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/lessons-learned-cheating/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 19: Cheating Lessons</a></li> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/small-teaching/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 92: Small Teaching</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Ken Bain was previously on Teaching in Higher Ed on: <ul> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/ken-bain/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 36: What the Best College Teachers Do</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Small-Teaching-Everyday-Lessons-Learning/dp/1118944496/ref=la_B001ILHEZ4_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;sr=1-1&amp;s=books&amp;tag=innovatelearn-20&amp;qid=1490823345" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Small Teaching</a>* by James Lang</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Bain/e/B001H6RYTQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1?tag=innovatelearn-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ken’s books </a>*</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/James-M.-Lang/e/B001ILHEZ4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1490823342&amp;tag=innovatelearn-20&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">James’s books</a>*</li> </ul> <h3>Are You Enjoying the Show?</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-in-higher-ed-faculty/id893035230?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Rate/review the show.</a> Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (<a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/stitcher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show.</li> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/feedback" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Give feedback.</a> As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests.</li> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/subscribe/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe.</a> If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.</li> </ul>

James Lang and Ken Bain on Motivation in the Classroom

Dr Ken Bain is one of the best-known teachers and scholars of teaching and learning in the United States and the western world. He has written What The Best College Students do, which won the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize in 2012, and has become an international best seller. In today's episode we discuss what the Best College Students Do, the idea of "Deep Learning" and how to apply what he has learned in your internship. Listen in to a world's most foremost expert in this area!

<p>Dr Ken Bain is one of the best-known teachers and scholars of teaching and learning in the United States and the western world. He has written What The Best College Students do, which won the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize in 2012, and has become an international best seller. In today's episode we discuss what the Best College Students Do, the idea of "Deep Learning" and how to apply what he has learned in your internship. Listen in to a world's most foremost expert in this area!</p>

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