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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: . Student Depictions of Faculty Martha Ecker Social Science/Human Services Ramapo College of New Jersey. Introductions and Context. What do we hope to accomplish? Improvements in the learning environment for our students

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:

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  1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Student Depictions of Faculty Martha Ecker Social Science/Human Services Ramapo College of New Jersey

  2. Introductions and Context What do we hope to accomplish? • Improvements in the learning environment for our students • Increased satisfaction with our own pedagogy • Transformations within our institutions (more about this later)

  3. What do students have to say about faculty? Types of statements regarding affect regarding appearance regarding willingness to be of assistance regarding effort

  4. Theories of Development • William Perry-dualism and relativism • Bloom’s Taxonomy Richard C. OverbaughLynn SchultzOld Dominion University

  5. Student Learning • Developmental models based on empirical studies of affluent, traditional aged students at selective institutions • Self-confidence vs. institutional knowledge • Faculty perceptions of students assumed to be non-interactive • Student perceptions of faculty rarely, if ever, discussed

  6. Faculty Perceptions • Type of course • Number of students • Admission standards • Faculty tenure status and rank • Stage of Career Development • Assessment of administration

  7. Complete the following • Students generally think I am …. • Whenever I return papers, exams and other assignments, students react by …. • My student evaluations tend to be … • I generally teach courses in the area of …

  8. Student Attitudes in Context • Role of the faculty in the lives of students, in the institution and in the world • Perception of the relevance of what they are learning to their personal goals and objectives • Higher education in the new economy • Distance Learning • Transformative Learning

  9. Group Discussion and Conclusion • Student Evaluations and Perceptions • Should we attempt to influence them? • If yes, how? • If not, why not? • What can we say about teaching and learning based on our analyses?

  10. Selected References • Allitt, Patrick. I'm the Teacher, You're the Student: A Semester in the University Classroom. • Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. • Bain, Ken. What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. • Feldman, Kenneth. "The Superior College Teacher from the Students' View," Research in • Higher Education 5(1976): 243-288. • Fink, L. Dee. Creating Significant Learning Experiences. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. • Giroux, Henry. Pedagogy and the Politics of Hope: Theory Culture and Schooling. Boulder: • Westview, 1997. • Knefelkamp, Lee L. Introduction. Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: A Scheme. By William G. Perry, Jr. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. xi-xxx. • Kuh, George D. "Keys to Academic Success," The Chronicle Review June 15, 2007, B12-13. • Kuh, George, Jillian Kinzie, John Schuh, Elizabeth Whitt and Associates. Student Success in • College: Creating Conditions that Matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005. • Light Richard, Making the Most of College. (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2001). • Pelikan, Jaroslev. The Idea of the University: A Reexamination. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. • Miley, W. M. and Gonsalves, S. “Grade Expectations: Redux,” College Student Learning 53 (3) (2004) 327-332. • [1]Perry, William Graves. Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: AScheme. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. • [2] Readings, Bill. The University in Ruins. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. • Tagg, John. The Learning Paradigm in College. Boston: Anker Publishing Company, 2003. • Ulrich, Thomas A., “The Relationship of Business Major to Pedagogical Strategies,” Journal of Education for Business May/June 2005, 269-274. • Wright, Robert E. "Student Evaluations of Faculty: Concerns Raised in the Literature and • Possible Solutions," College Student Journal June 2006, 1-6.

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