Learning Inside and Outside the Comfort Zone

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Do the things we know about how students learn apply to faculty when they’re learning about teaching? That question follows me around. I think about for a while, forget it, and then bump into it again. My latest encounter happened yesterday, when I decided to write about the features of learning inside and outside your comfort zone.

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