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What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics

From Teaching Today · Hosted by Center for Professional Education of Teachers

2025-12-16·0h 42m

Episode summary

In this episode of Teaching Today: What happens when students walk into your classroom asking "Can I get out of this? " Professor Carlo Rotella, author of "What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics," joins us to explore how student skepticism—about literature, interpretation, and even their own belonging—can become a productive starting point for learning.

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What happens when students walk into your classroom asking "Can I get out of this?" Professor Carlo Rotella, author of "What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics," joins us to explore how student skepticism—about literature, interpretation, and even their own belonging—can become a productive starting point for learning. In this conversation, we tackle t...