Lectures to Nana and Pop: A Teaching Origin Story

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“How did you become interested in teaching and training?” the eager applicant for a training position asked. I paused, thinking about my mentor, the articles I read, as well as the lectures and workshops I attended. After searching for an answer filled with gravitas and augmented by the empirical literature, I landed on an unexpected response: “From lectures I gave to my nana and pop and the lessons they taught me.”

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