Education
Right Leaders of Wrong
A short conversation on Twitter about the oncoming revolution in Higher Education.
- It started innocently enough with a few sentences I threw out to the Twitterverse in the wee hours on a Thursday. Had been thinking about friends and colleagues that are brilliant teachers and wondering why they keep getting pushed out of academia. And why some of them have come to the conclusion that academia is not hospitable to them. It's a weird contradiction -- that in many institutions of higher learning, the folks most passionate about teaching and learning often get overlooked or even aggressively pushed out.
@readywriting Let's have a pedagogy-in, like a kiss-in but with good pedagogy. :) And, yes, a walk-out, but all bring our students with...- @readywriting @pannapacker Adjuncts are big and powerful. Many universities would come to a screeching halt without them...
@Jessifer @readywriting students should definitely be involved--it's their revolution!
@TanyaSasser @jessifer Agreed. But for most of them, as long as they get their credits...- @readywriting @TanyaSasser Maybe the credit is the thing that we need to break...
- @readywriting @pannapacker I have this strong desire to create a patronage system for good teachers.
- @Jessifer @readywriting many of my Ss see a lot wrong w/current system & want something more relevant/valuable
- @TanyaSasser @readywriting Mine too. Do they want outside the system? Or a blend of institutional and non-instintutional learning?
- @Jessifer @readywriting mine definitely value the institution, but recognize it's outdated/outmoded & needs to be revolutionized
- @readywriting @TanyaSasser My freshmen often get disillusioned later. It's one of the reason I love teaching freshmen.
- @readywriting @jessifer many of mine don't either until they take my class--the grassroots approach: incite revolution 1 class @ a time
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Carrie PadianAs a student, I have to say I don't care at all about credits. Give me something interesting to do, that's all I want. Of course my mind may change on that...more2012-12-29T00:59:51.765Z
Josh MagsamBest eye-opener comes when students say they want to take another class w/me and I have to tell them I'm not on roster; that's when the disbelief kicks in.2012-12-28T23:52:28.883Z- Josh MagsamDitto re: classroom revolution, but also agree it's hard to engage students on this issue in writing classes.2012-12-28T23:46:08.759Z
Pete RorabaughFantastic and connects to our conversation on MOOCMOOCBar from several nights ago.2012-12-28T21:20:40.271Z
- SusanaGreat thoughts!!! Thanks for sharing them.2013-01-12T09:27:12.219Z
- Carrie PadianAs a student, I have to say I don't care at all about credits. Give me something interesting to do, that's all I want. Of course my mind may change on that...As a student, I have to say I don't care at all about credits. Give me something interesting to do, that's all I want. Of course my mind may change on that when I have to start paying back those student loans...more2012-12-29T00:59:51.765Z
- Josh MagsamBest eye-opener comes when students say they want to take another class w/me and I have to tell them I'm not on roster; that's when the disbelief kicks in.2012-12-28T23:52:28.883Z
- Josh MagsamDitto re: classroom revolution, but also agree it's hard to engage students on this issue in writing classes.2012-12-28T23:46:08.759Z
- Pete RorabaughFantastic and connects to our conversation on MOOCMOOCBar from several nights ago.2012-12-28T21:20:40.271Z
