It’s that time of year again when I ask my composition students to speak with conviction about what is important to them–about what they believe. I emphasize to them, though, that this project is not really about speaking at all; it’s about listening. So, please, in the spirit of peace, give a listen to what [...]
this i know, fall 2008: please listen
December 23rd, 2008
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“this i know”: a collection of student voices
May 19th, 2008
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Well, finals have ended, the semester is over, and summer break is officially underway. My composition students finished strong by contributing to a collection of audio essays modeled after the national This I Believe series. I call it This I Know. Check out what my students have to say about their beliefs, and drop them [...]
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getting students to speak with conviction
May 8th, 2008
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In the 1950s, William G. Perry developed a model of intellectual development to help understand the “positions” of intellectual and ethical growth that post-adolescent college students go through over the course of their college years. He describes nine different fluid “positions” across four categories: 1) dualism, 2) multiplicity, 3) relativism, and 4) commitment within relativism. When I first learned [...]
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