Lifelong Learning Book Club
The Lifelong Learning Book Club is a partnership between The Department of Psychology, Teaching, Learning, and Innovation, and UT Libraries to encourage a community and culture of lifelong learning.
It is a campus-wide book club for anyone interested in talking about learning and teaching in all careers and environments! The book club offers flexible format and engagement, with no prior experience necessary. Read and join as you can!
Lifelong Learning Book Club Fall 2026
For the fall 2026 semester,The Lifelong Learning Book Club invites our UT colleagues to join us in reading and discussing The Courage to Teach:Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer.
The Courage to Teach speaks to the joys and pains that teachers of every sort know well. Over the last 20 years, the book has helped countless educators reignite their passion, redirect their practice, and deal with the many pressures that accompany their vital work. The book builds on a simple premise: good teaching can never be reduced to technique. Good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher, that core of self where intellect, emotion, and spirit converge--enabling 'live encounters' between teachers, students, and subjects that are the key to deep and lasting learning. presents a positive, forward-looking, research-backed vision for what classroom integrity can look like in the GenAI era, both in cyberspace and on campus. Accordingly, the book outlines workable measures teachers can use to better understand why students cheat and to prevent cheating while aiming to enhance learning and integrity.
All synchronous meetings will take place 12-1pm EDT on Zoom. Dates for the sessions are:
- Thursday, September 24: Teaching From Within
- Associated Reading: Introduction, Ch1-2
- Thursday, October 22: Teaching as a Community of Truth
- Associated Reading: Ch3-5
- Thursday, November 19: Renewal, Colleagues, and Hope
- Associated Reading: Ch6-7, Afterword
Register at the link below to receive the Zoom link and calendar invites:
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