"I get by with a little help from my friends" (Thanks, Ringo!) The push and pull of teaching innovation

Abstract

This is a personal essay with two coauthors. Yes, that is an oxymoron. However, as I reflect on innovation, without someone to push and someone to calm, my efforts to continuously improve my teaching would not occur. I’m naming names – Steve Kroeger and Yvette Pennington -- and I am going to describe the push and pull to sustain innovation.