Hear hear!
This link has been bookmarked by 20 people and liked by 1 people. It was first bookmarked on 28 Sep 2009, by Steve Ransom.
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By respecting students as thinkers and meeting them where they are, we set the stage for good pedagogy and take a critical first step toward rebuilding the public's trust.
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Even the best teachers will not convert every student into a lifelong learner who embraces knowledge for its own sake. That is a commitment that must come from within; it is an intentional decision to swim against powerful cultural and economic currents.
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29 Sep 09
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that the change has been a long time coming
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paying little heed as the American populace shifted from widespread respect for the academy to considerable skepticism of it.
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"It is imperative that someone studying this generation realize that we have the world at our fingertips — and the world has been at our fingertips for our entire lives
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I found few in awe of their institutions or faculty, many averse to lectures, and most ambivalent about anyone's knowledge claims other than their own
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It simply means that they arrive at college with well-established methods of sorting, doubting, or ignoring the same.
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indeed, it is inseparably conjoined with personal economics
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one who appears polite and dutiful but who cares little about the course work, the larger questions it raises, or the value of living an examined life
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The onus is on us to better convey the value that a robust intellectual life adds to the public good.
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Specifically, we must respect students as thinkers,
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wering the lofty opinion we hold of ourselves and accepting the public obligation that our privileged position entails.
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28 Sep 09
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Steve RansomAn excellent read for those interested... and those who need a kick in the pants re: engaging meaningfully a new culture of students, especially in higher education.
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Add Sticky NoteGood pedagogy is the product of instructors who respect, understand, and creatively engage their students.
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make transparent
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I am asking instructors to see the two questions that the new epistemology emblazons across the front of every classroom — "So what?" and "Who cares?" — and then to adjust their teaching accordingly.
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show no patience for lectures
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Good pedagogy is the product of instructors who respect, understand, and creatively engage their students.
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except for the occasional late bloomer, we fail miserably at creating sustained intellectual fires among the vast majority of our practical, credential-driven students.
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better and more widely achievable educational goal should therefore be to inculcate a respect for learning and the pursuit of knowledge.
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public scholarship
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