Hi all,
Last week Chris Green pointed us to the new book, The College Fear Factor. "Despite best intentions, today's first-generation college students and their professors 'misunderstand and ultimately fail one another' in the classroom, according to a new scholarly work on community college pedagogy," begins the Inside Higher Education review of Rebecca Cox's book, The College Fear Factor (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/18/fearfactor). Through interviewing community college students it became clear to Cox that student expectations of college didn't always match the expectations of their instructors. Additionally, students were scared - scared that their beliefs that they didn't belong in college would be confirmed. While the author's focus is on community college students, I suspect what she reports applies to students throughout higher education. The book is available here: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/COXCOL.html or through Amazon: http://bit.ly/3SsFll Interested in discussing this book? We'll meet in an Elluminate room the second Wednesday of the next 8 months. To use Elluminate, all you need is a Java-enabled browser. A microphone would be really nice to have, but it's not essential. (Cheap microphones work fine.) If you're interested in participating, drop me an email off-list ([email protected]). SCHEDULE The 2nd Wednesday of the month 7pm ET/4pm PT Dec 9 -- Chapter 1 Jan 13 -- Chapter 2 Feb 10 -- Chapter 3 Mar 10 -- Chapter 4 Apr 14 -- Chapter 5 May 12 -- Chapter 6 Jun 9 -- Chapter 7 Jul 14 -- Chapter 8 -- Sue Frantz <http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/> Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [email protected] Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA's p...@cc Committee <http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html> -- Sue Frantz <http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/> Highline Community College Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> APA's p...@cc Committee <http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html> --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
