I suggest the revisiting of Farber's the student as nigger Http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030301studentasnigger.html as in many places things have not changed for the better. I am on several sociology lists and am continually amazed at the level of arrogance, use of punishment in the classroom and ignorance of student rights. Many of our colleagues see there job as one of dragging students kicking and screaming to their flavor of enlightenment.
At the same time academia is not set up for students faculty are also exploited. I regularly receive email from list members who fear the consequences of posting critical content to the entire list. There is a frightening level of faculty abuse ignored by "administration" I happened to be close to such a situation and saw that nothing was done. Much of the problem is a result of education/grades becoming a commodity. The dominant teacher/preacher model in the classroom is a contributing factor. many of our colleagues are told lecture or not get hired. Lecturing ignores the science on learning. Perhaps more sad is the fact that no one on this list would identify break throughs in sociology. Shouldn't that be part of any intro course? Del --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
