Name: Teaching What You Don’t Know
Start: 2026-11-03T14:30:00-06:00
End: 2026-11-03T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Zoom

Event Description

In our AI (Assistant in Instruction) roles or early teaching careers, we are often called upon to teach content outside our area of expertise. Perhaps you are an ecologist assisting with a microbiology course for the first time, or a literature scholar teaching writing for the first time. These teaching opportunities can be exciting—but they can also bring uncertainty and anxiety. What if students ask me a question I can’t answer? How do I maintain authority and confidence in the classroom?

This Foundations in Teaching workshop draws some ideas from Therese Huston’s Teaching What You Don’t Know, as well as other sources, and highlights practical strategies to help you approach every teaching opportunity with confidence.

For questions about this session, contact Eric Fournier.

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