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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Why Not Be Kind?: A Discussion with Catherine J. Denial
Description: Todayâs book is: A Pedagogy of Kindness (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024), by Dr. Catherine Denial, which explores why academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, higher education fails students and instructorsâand its missionâin critical ways. Part manifesto, part teaching memoir, part how-to guide, A Pedagogy of Kindness urges higher education to get aggressive about instituting kindness, which Dr. Denial distinguishes from niceness. Having suffered beneath the weight of just âgetting along,â instructors need to shift every part of what they do to prioritizing care and compassionâfor students as...