It is BIZARRE to me how universities do that. I get the impression that part of the justification is that college students are adults, and thus no one but themselves is responsible for whether they learn or not, but I don't really see how that leads to "so it doesn't matter if the teachers know how to teach or not." (But then, most universities aren't really in the teaching business, either -- they just teach on the side -- so how surprised are we really?)
Delpit mostly focuses on teaching K-12, with some discussion of the grad-school system that produces teachers, but I'm sure there will be stuff in there that will be useful to you, especially since she mostly frames systemic problems and what goals could define a reasonable solution to those problems, rather than trying to convey a very specific pedagogy.
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Date: 2009-08-08 08:19 pm (UTC)It is BIZARRE to me how universities do that. I get the impression that part of the justification is that college students are adults, and thus no one but themselves is responsible for whether they learn or not, but I don't really see how that leads to "so it doesn't matter if the teachers know how to teach or not." (But then, most universities aren't really in the teaching business, either -- they just teach on the side -- so how surprised are we really?)
Delpit mostly focuses on teaching K-12, with some discussion of the grad-school system that produces teachers, but I'm sure there will be stuff in there that will be useful to you, especially since she mostly frames systemic problems and what goals could define a reasonable solution to those problems, rather than trying to convey a very specific pedagogy.