Introduction
I am asking you to read,
digest and be prepared to be tested on the required readingss in this packet
(see below) for these reasons:
1. To give you an idea of
why I teach the way I teach (my teaching method is not one that I just
pulled out of my pocket, but rather it is grounded in research).
2. To enable you to appreciate
what it means to study at a place like U.B. (a research university). Too
many of you have not completely shaken off the high school mentality you
first arrived with in your first year in college. This mentality is described
by Trout (below).
3. To enable you to understand
that shouting slogans such as "I am good!" "I am somebody!" does not in
of itself lead to high self-esteem. You raise your self-esteem by actually
doing something, such as working hard to raise your grade point average.
4. To enable you to understand
and appreciate what teachers in this school are trying to do for you: to
help you to learn so that you can eventually succeed in translating your
dreams into reality. Remember too: in a research university (such
as this one) teachers themselves are also engaged in learning (through
research), so that, in part, they can be better teachers. If teachers have
to learn constantly, what makes you think that you as a student are exempt
from that process!
5. To enable you to survive
and succeed at U.B.
6. To get you to understand
that education means more than the pursuit of narrow career goals.
7. To get you to adopt an
educational strategy that views learning as a lifelong process; and therefore
what happens in the classroom is just a sliver of that process.
Question: what does the word pedagogy mean? A question to think about when your noggins are not occupied with intellectual thoughts.
Instructions for Accessing
the Documents
(a) Click on each of the
highlighted headings below to get to the appropriate documents. When you
are through with a document click on your browser's navigational "back"
button, located at the very top of your screen on the menu bar, to get
back to this page.
(b) Make sure that you see
the entire document on your screen (by scrolling through the whole document
from beginning to end) before you click on the print button. This will
ensure that you print all pages of a document.
(c) Advice: do not use your
home computer to print these documents; use the computers in school.
Required Readings in this Packet
Self-esteem and Educational Achievement Pitts, White, Jr. and Harrison Grade Inflation General Education at U.B.
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