tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635734994409696565.post529619683656809916..comments2023-09-13T06:41:50.851-07:00Comments on a peculiar unity: A Pedagogical Issuea peculiarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11693606628937515457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635734994409696565.post-61870481351177345572010-06-21T13:13:48.888-07:002010-06-21T13:13:48.888-07:00we've talked about this a bit and so i won'...we've talked about this a bit and so i won't belabor this point much, but i think that we have a distinct responsibility as educators to educate. the job of the university is to produce and disseminate information, until we are public intellectuals, a la west or singer, our public is confined to the classroom. as such, we ought to be conscious of forming a pedagogical foundation that while not definitely appealing to the lowest common denominator, broaches something that raises that point of mass agreement without ignoring the needs of more advanced students. simply, i suggest lots of required one on one office meetings so that particular attention could be paid to the needs of the individuals, while at the same time discovering the union sets amongst the class as a whole.dahlia midgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045748534054336489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635734994409696565.post-47358183234768254702010-06-18T15:41:43.273-07:002010-06-18T15:41:43.273-07:00I also favor the contagious enthusiasm model, but ...I also favor the contagious enthusiasm model, but then I have much smaller classes than you do, so maybe it's not the same. The notion that we can ever tailor a class to our students' needs presumes that all our students have the same needs, which is absurd. So I think the instructor should do what he/she finds most effective and most comfortable. Unfortunately, figuring out what that is usually involves plenty of trial and error, but I don't think that's avoidable.BJG.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04778756684849153651noreply@blogger.com