Show notes
Heidi Weston and Peter Felten discuss how mattering matters on episode 413 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Belonging is tied to a lot of things that we value and that students value.
Mattering is not about if you fit or not, it is about being valued.
Different students trust faculty differently than others.
Resources Mentioned
- Asher, S. R., & Weeks, M. S. (2013). Loneliness and belongingness in the college years
- Cole, D., Newman, C. B., & Hypolite, L. I. (2020). Sense of belonging and mattering among two cohorts of first-year students participating in a comprehensive college transition program
- Cook-Sather, Alison; Allard, Samantha; Marcovici, Elena; and Reynolds, Bill (2021) Fostering Agentic Engagement: Working toward Empowerment and Equity through Pedagogical Partnership
- Elliott, Gregory, Suzanne Kao, and Ann-Marie Grant. Mattering: Empirical validation of a social-psychological concept
- Flett, G., Khan, A., & Su, C. (2019). Mattering and psychological well-being in college and university students: Review and recommendations for campus-based initiatives
- Gravett, K., & Ajjawi, R. (2021). Belonging as situated practice. Studies in Higher Education
- Meehan, C., & Howells, K. (2019). In search of the feeling of ‘belonging’in higher education: undergraduate students transition into higher education
- Reeve, J. (2013). How students create motivationally supportive learning environments for themselves: The concept of agentic engagement
- Reeve, J., & Shin, S. H. (2020). How teachers can support students’ agentic engagement
- Reeve, J., & Tseng, C. M. (2011). Agency as a fourth aspect of students’ engagement during learning activities
- Schlossberg, N. K. (1989). Marginality and mattering: Key issues in building community
- Strayhorn, T.L. (2012). Exploring the Impact of Facebook and Myspace Use on First-Year Students’ Sense of Belonging and Persistence Decisions
- Erin Whitteck (taking improv classes)