Seeking or offering kindness in higher ed can feel, at best, incredibly risky. But for those of us feeling despondent about teaching and learning in such unkind spaces, Dr. Cate Denial has words of wisdom and encouragement. Kindness is a missing element in almost every area of higher ed, but turning toward each other, imagining and creating different experiences of teaching and learning, is one way we counter that unkindness.
References
- Dr. Cate Denial, A Pedagogy of Kindness (2024)
- adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy (2017) and Holding Change (2021)
- Alok Menon
- Prentis Hemphill, What It Takes to Heal (2025)
- Monash report
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