Comments on: Good teaching http://voxygen.net/2006/06/good-teaching/ Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:35:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Christi http://voxygen.net/2006/06/good-teaching/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Christi Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:42:00 +0000 http://voxygen.net/temp/2006/06/good-teaching/#comment-80 Okay, as the wife of an Assessment Director at an state University I'm going to agree with you -- but reservedly on your observation about University teaching and the whole "objectives, standards, guiding questions" issue. I think teachers at the University want to get at the things such questions provide, however, the terminology, or rhetoric, is a problem -- especially in the humanities. The idea of measuring "objectives" whether course of student identified is an uphill battle. There is always the teacher who claims "I am the expert in my field and only I can know if the students in my class got what I say they get." On the other hand, progress is being made. I've seen many more faculty working to give evidence of student progress and proof of the standards they hold to get this progress. It's the neverending college parodox that your degree gives you expert status, but it doesn't prove you can teach what you know. <br/><br/>I am very interested in knowing whatelse you are getting in the institute. It all sounds like a lot to process in a short time. Okay, as the wife of an Assessment Director at an state University I’m going to agree with you — but reservedly on your observation about University teaching and the whole “objectives, standards, guiding questions” issue. I think teachers at the University want to get at the things such questions provide, however, the terminology, or rhetoric, is a problem — especially in the humanities. The idea of measuring “objectives” whether course of student identified is an uphill battle. There is always the teacher who claims “I am the expert in my field and only I can know if the students in my class got what I say they get.” On the other hand, progress is being made. I’ve seen many more faculty working to give evidence of student progress and proof of the standards they hold to get this progress. It’s the neverending college parodox that your degree gives you expert status, but it doesn’t prove you can teach what you know.

I am very interested in knowing whatelse you are getting in the institute. It all sounds like a lot to process in a short time.

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