Wake Up and Smell the New Epistemology - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher... - 11 views
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shared by Steve Ransom on 28 Sep 09
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Good pedagogy is the product of instructors who respect, understand, and creatively engage their students.
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Steve Ransom on 28 Sep 09Hear hear!
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Good pedagogy is the product of instructors who respect, understand, and creatively engage their students.
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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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make transparent
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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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An 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.
