My Freshman Year - What a Professor Learned By Becoming a Student

Informationen zum Autor Rebekah Nathan Klappentext But she also identifies fundamental misperceptions, misunderstandings, and mistakes on both sides of the educational divide that negatively affect the college experience. By focusing on the actual experiences of students, My Freshman Year offers a refreshing alternative to the frequently divisive debates surrounding the political, economic, and cultural significance of higher education - as well as a novel perspective from which to look at the achievements and difficulties confronting America's colleges and universities in the twenty-first century. Zusammenfassung After more than fifteen years of teaching, Rebekah Nathan, a professor of anthropology at a large state university, realized that she no longer understood the behavior and attitudes of her students. Fewer and fewer participated in class discussion... Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Welcome to "AnyU"2. Life in the Dorms3. Community and Diversity4. As Others See Us5. Academically Speaking...6. The Art of College Management7. Lessons from My Year as a FreshmanAfterword: Ethics and Ethnography Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Rebekah Nathan
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.2005
• EAN: 9780801443978
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4397-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung, Fachspezifischer Unterricht, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Higher, Education / Teaching