Write Like You Teach, with James Lang

James Lang shares about his latest book, Write Like You Teach, on episode 583 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

Answers on their own are not interesting. They become interesting when we know the questions behind them.

-James Lang

When you take a reader on a journey, as the reader works through an essay or book that you’ve written, they spend a lot of time with you.

-James Lang

Be attentive to the person that you are on the page to the reader.

-James Lang

Start right now. That’s the most important thing.

-James Lang

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Resources

• Write Like You Teach: Taking Your Classroom Skills to a Bigger Audience (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo…) by James M. Lang

• Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It (basicbooks.com/titles/james-m-lang/distracted/…) by James M. Lang

• Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (wiley.com/en-us/Small+Teaching%3A+Everyday+Les…) by James M. Lang

• Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty (hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674724631) by James M. Lang

• The Greek Way (memoriapress.com/curriculum/mcp/the-greek-way) by Edith Hamilton

• The Orchid Thief (susanorlean.com/author/books/the-orchid-thief) by Susan Orlean

• How Can Educators Teach Critical Thinking? (aft.org/ae/fall2020/willingham) by Daniel T. Willingham (American Educator)

• James M. Lang’s official website (jamesmlang.com)

• Susan Orlean’s official website (susanorlean.com)

• Scrivener (literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), a popular writing and revision tool for long-form projects

• The Opposite of Cheating (oupress.com/9780806194967/the-opposite-of-chea…) from the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series (University of Oklahoma Press)

• University of Oklahoma Press – Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed series (oupress.com/search-results-grid/?series=teachi…)

• Christine Tulley (defendpublishlead.com/coaches/christine-tulley)

• The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource, by Chris Hayes (bookshop.org/a/79174/9780593653111)

• Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf (bookshop.org/p/books/proust-and-the-squid-the-…)

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