Keith, This website is specifically aimed at composition classes but the principles are the same.
http://comppile.tamucc.edu/classsize.htm Best, Maxine On 12 Sep 2005 at 7:18, Roberts, Keith wrote: Subject: TEACHSOC: SOTL on ideal class sizes? Date sent: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:18:34 -0500 From: "Roberts, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> > We may not like it, but class sizes can not be discussed outside of > budgetary constraints. Harvard U has plenty of money: it can have > smaller classes. What about other institutions that are not as well > financially endowed? > > > Yes, this is obviously true. But the question was--what arguments and > evidence we can put forth to justify smaller classes. Universities > often claim class size must be larger as a matter of accountability to > tax payers or other constituencies. Yet schools that argue that they > are "student-centered" and "teaching oriented" need to be held > accountable to that claim as well. There is more to "accountability" > than just financial accountability. Without ignoring the financial > constraints, we still need to hold up another set of values that > counter-balance the financial issues. If we fail to do this, we allow > finances to be the only value governing the academy. > > Keith > Maxine P. Atkinson, PhD Director, First Year Inquiry Seminar Program Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8107 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (919) 515-9001 fax: (919) 515-2610
