Everyone that comes into even casual contact with Vitae’s “Dear Student” series is immediately tarnished by the same kind of anti-intellectual, uncompassionate, illogical nonsense currently threatening to take down the higher education system in the state of Wisconsin…

Giggling at the water cooler about students is one abhorrent thing.

Publishing that derisive giggling as “work” in a venue read by tens of thousands is quite another.

Of course, teachers need a safe place to vent. We all do. That safe place is not shared faculty offices, not the teacher’s lounge, not the library, not a local (public) watering hole. And it is certainly not on the pages of the Chronicle of Higher Education, especially in Vitae, the publication devoted to job seekers, including current students and future teachers. – Jesse Strommel

Kevin’s revised “Dear student” post:

Dear Student:
You’ll get better at this. So will we.

Faculty (a.k.a. former students)

Recommendations

Bonni recommends:

Kevin’s Blog, including these posts:

On student shaming: Punching down
My cell phone policy is to have no cell phone policy

Kevin recommends:

Learner-Centered teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice, Maryellen Weimer

Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms, Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill

(Bonni suggests/adds): Stephen Brookfield on Episode #015 of Teaching in Higher Ed

The Skillful Teacher: On technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom, Stephen Brookfield

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