t doesn't matter what method you use if you do not first focus on one intangible factor: the bond between professor and student.
Now they're susceptible the next time they see the material. And you'll give them an assignment, and that forces them to look at the material in a new way
salesman convincing students that his material is worth their attention
The messenger, ironically enough, is more important than the message
Be a good guy with your students, and you'll be a great professor
Whatever tool professors can find to conjure that—curiosity and a sense of amazing possibilities—is what they should use
Students and faculty have to have this sense that they can truly connect with each other," he concludes. "Only through that sense of connection do you have this sense of community