Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast from the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is to encourage instructors, students, and leaders in higher education to reflect on what they believe about teaching and learning.

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Why is There No Training on How to Teach Graduate Students? with Leonard Cassuto

Posted February 22, 202400:31:02

In this episode, we continue this season’s examination of graduate education, now looking into how institutions often overlook the need for preparing...

Teaching Development in Doctoral Education: Let’s Ask the Grad Students!

Posted February 8, 202400:30:38

In this episode, we continue the conversation from our last episode on the topic of teaching development in doctoral education—this time from the...

Teaching Development in Doctoral Education: Where, When, and How?

Posted January 25, 202400:36:52

Welcome back to Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning! In our first episode of Season 8, we speak with Drs. Benjamin Rifkin, Rebecca Natow, Nicholas...

Let’s Stop Relying on Biased Teaching Evaluations with Joanna Wolfe

Posted November 30, 202300:29:53

While there is extensive research on the use of student surveys in the evaluation of teaching, the recommended practices are often not utilized. How...