Jason’s Chapter 6 Response
After reading chapter six, I think that I have more questions than answers regarding my research design. I knew that the Quantitative vs. Qualitative debate would pop up, but I hadn’t fully considered all of the research design options. I originally wanted to go with a qualitative model to measure learning outcomes, because I am […]
Jason’s Response to Teddy’s reading log from 2/7
Reading Teddy’s posting outlining his experience in a less than ideal graduate course, I thought to myself “this is why all of this teaching and learning stuff is so important”. Most people would agree that education is important for any society. They may outline economic benefits or democratic advantages to having an educated public, but […]
Jason’s NINE research questions
1) Think about a teaching and/or learning issue, problem, or question that you have about your students, a course, an assignment, a pedagogical strategy, your program, etc. Briefly state that issue, problem, or question as a question(s) “How can an introductory sociology course best teach the sociological perspective to students, for their long term use?” […]
Jason’s Reading Reflection 2/7/10
I wanted to take the time to reflect primarily on the new conversations about teaching article. I was very impressed by the Authors ability to efficiently sum up and link together what many different fields can tell us about teaching and learning. It was also refreshing to see the mention of cross cultural studies (kind […]
Moving teaching out onto the front stage
“In one’s teaching a problem is something you don’t want to have, and if you have one, you probably want to fix it. Asking a collegue about a problem in his or her research is an invitation; asking about a problem in one’s teaching would probably seem like an accusation.” This statement from The Scholarship […]