Jason’s Reflection from March 30th

Posted by on April 4, 2010 
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During this week’s discussion, I noticed exactly how unlike true SoTL my article was.  I realized how much differently I thought about classroom research after taking part in this course.  A few semesters ago when I came across this article I thought it was a great example of how sociologist could study their own classroom.  While I still agree with the main point of the article, I know see it as a good starting point in need of serious changes.

What was interesting to me was that the article was, in part, about making sure to not exaggerate because it can strip you of your creditability.  However, the author only reports success stories from the proposed teaching techniques.  And not just positive responses, really over the top “this course changed my life” kind of quotes from students which is obviously an exaggeration. Surely, some students hated the course, learned very little, or even preferred the other technique of teaching.  Looking back the author didn’t even perform a real literature review, and reported the results of the new technique in a blatantly biased way.

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