Document Type
Chapter
Abstract
- Graduate teaching anxiety is a unique form of communication apprehension.
- Ignore your overactive amygdala. Teaching will not kill you.
- Teach with empath. Students are more afraid of you than you are of them.
- Don’t forget to breathe. A hospitable atmosphere is key to successful teaching.
- Institutions should better support their graduate student instructors.
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Exploring How We Teach: Lived Experiences, Lessons, and Research about Graduate Instructors by Graduate Instructors
Editor
Sam Clem
Publisher
Utah State University
Publication Date
8-15-2022
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Cheek, Ryan, "Don't Forget to Breathe: Advice for Coping with Graduate Teaching Anxiety" (2022). Exploring How We Teach. Paper 18.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/howweteach/18
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