Aracelie_Reading_2 Mar
Aracelie’s thoughts earlier this week – “So will this be like McKinney’s book? Are they going to give me in depth pointers on how to address my research question? This book is much bigger than McKinney’s…I thought it was a workbook when I bought it, but I don’t see any activity pages. Plus, I don’t […]
Aracelie_Reflection_16 Feb Class
In our first class back after the snowstorm of 2010, we took some time to regroup and discuss where we were with respect to assignments and that day’s class. We talked about our presentations for the following week on our assigned books. As of classtime, I had not gotten my book, but from the way […]
Aracelie_Reading Pt II_23 Feb_”Making Their Own Way…”
Making Their Own Way: Narratives for Transforming Higher Education to Promote Self-Development by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda The second portion of the book, Promoting Self-Authorship in Higher Education, takes the observations her interviews with the participants in their 20s and presents an actual framework for use with higher education. It is a “framework consisting of […]
Aracelie_Reading Pt I_23 Feb_”Making Their Own Way…”
Making Their Own Way: Narratives for Transforming Higher Education to Promote Self-Development by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda This book is broken into two parts – The Journey Toward Self-Authorship and Promoting Self-Authorship in Higher Education. Self-authorship is defined as “the ability to collect, interpret, and analyze information and reflect on one’s own beliefs in order […]
Aracelie_Thoughts on “Teaching as Research”
More math for those who are not doing as well in it – what a concept. It’s so counterintuitive to the way we are programmed with respect to testing prior to a class. As a teacher, I would think that to be the ideal situation because you do have the opportunity to see your students […]