Comments for Pedablogy: Musings on the Art & Craft of Teaching(colored by my view of the world as an economist)Comment on (When) Is a College Class More than a Class by Laura- September 16, 2008 I'm not sure I can add much to the already great comments that others have posted. As someone who almost exclusively teaches required courses (freshman comp), I don't worry at all about whether they are interested in the course. Most of them aren't. What I have been able to get my students to think about is what they're doing in college. The answers to this question on day one are sometimes heartbreaking if you have any kind of economic diversity. I have had people say they were there...http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/?p=476#comment-32857 Comment on (When) Is a College Class More than a Class by Barbara Ganley- September 15, 2008 Steve, It's great to see you being so transparent with your pedagogy--the twists and turns, the ups and downs--great teaching is a rollercoaster ride. Some thoughts about my experience with first-year seminars: I gave my first-years readings from Generation Me, discussed learning communities, and had them create personal multimedia learning narratives that connected their lives to the subject of the course. I'd also give them excerpts from Born Digital if I were still in the classroom, and.http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/?p=476#comment-32851 Comment on (When) Is a College Class More than a Class by Jennifer- September 13, 2008 Well, this is going to have me thinking for days, and I'm sure will eventually turn into a blog post of my own, but for now, I just wanted to throw out a thought for something you could assign to inspire student thinking. There's an article in the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, by Paul Walker (Vol 8, No 1, Feb 2008), titled "What do students think they (should) learn at college Student perceptions of essential learning outcomes". I know you want your students to ultimately.http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/?p=476#comment-32825 Comment on (When) Is a College Class More than a Class by Leslie M-B- September 13, 2008 I started to write a comment here, but it turned into its own blog post. I hope you find it useful.http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/?p=476#comment-32824 Comment on (When) Is a College Class More than a Class by Susan Carter Morgan- September 12, 2008 What a thoughtful post. I am so interested in your students' responses to the questions about their high school classes. And I would love to think that high school teachers have the same obligation as professors--to spark an awareness of an intellectual world or at least spark a curiosity. But then reality sets in because, of course, I don't have a class filled with students who want to be there. Some, of course, do. But my hope is that I can bring the others along so it's not too painful. Your.http://jerryslezak.net/pedablogy/?p=476#comment-32818 |