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Interview with Brian McMorrowRecent Teaching History Politics of Congestion Are there particular authors/artists/thinkers whose work you interested and which you often ask students to examine? Dostoyevsky, Plato, Shakespeare, the Greek myths Are there specific areas of interest or issues you want to work with students on in the current year? Business and politics Specific Skills, Competence, Techniques: Management, leadership, critical thinking, writing, research,
literature, philosophy and religion What are key qualities you look for in student work? What techniques do you use to assess their work? How do you help students assess their work? I think it is important that students integrate what they
are learning with their lives so that there isn’t a split
between their academic studies and what is happening with
them personally. I enjoy helping them to make connections.
Teaching Style:How would you characterize yourself as a teacher? I take personal interest in the individual students. If the
class is going well and someone is having a difficult time,
my eye focuses on that individual. I like to have workshops
where I can have a presence and students meet in groups to
discuss the reading. I like to have student-led workshops
where they can teach other students. I also like group projects
where students can connect what they are learning with what
is happening in the real world. What types of students tend to do well with you? Introspective students do well with me. Each of us has a
pair of glasses we look at the world through—sometimes
we’re not even aware of the lens that we use. I like
to have classes look at our assumptions that we’re not
even aware we have. Students who are willing to stop their
work to look are the students that really like my classes.
What types of students have a hard time with you? Students who only want to learn skills—they don’t
want to think about what they are doing. Non-reflective students
don’t do well with me. What do your student evaluations say about the way you come across to students? Generally, the students say I broaden their perspective and that they appreciate the amount of input I give them in class. I am open to ideas. Some students have wanted more structure. Expectations about Contracts, Internships, and Evaluations
If the idea is vague but the person is really interested
in studying, I am willing to help them flush it out and figure
out how to organize what they can do, and what their work
should be in relationship to that idea. I am like a graduate
school adviser in that way. What information do you want to see when a person comes to look for a contract? The student should have a draft proposal of what they want to do and how they are going to go about doing it. I appreciate contracts about subject areas I’m somewhat familiar with so that I can be most helpful in assessing the student’s work.
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