http://blogs.cofc.edu/cfd Just another College of Charleston Blogs weblog for TEACHING Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:05:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.cofc.edu/cfd/2008/10/08/should-instructors-provide-students-with-complete-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-5 J L. Carew Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:05:34 +0000 http://blogs.cofc.edu/cfd/?p=49#comment-5 I think that giving students any form of faculty notes is a dumbing down of the college level course work. It is not the faculty member's job to be sure that students get the right info. It is the student's job. They can ask questions, visit faculty during office hours, etc. to determine whether they are getting the right info. The current trend to make college more like high school, where it often is the teacher's job to see that students master a certain body of material, is a very bad idea. College students need to learn how to determine for themselves what is important, and what is less so. If faculty provide notes of any sort, they are undermining this important learning process. At the college level, the content is secondary to developing an ability to determine what is important and how to apply it. If a student can do that, they will master the material without the need for faculty notes. Don't do their work for them. I think that giving students any form of faculty notes is a dumbing down of the college level course work. It is not the faculty member’s job to be sure that students get the right info. It is the student’s job. They can ask questions, visit faculty during office hours, etc. to determine whether they are getting the right info. The current trend to make college more like high school, where it often is the teacher’s job to see that students master a certain body of material, is a very bad idea. College students need to learn how to determine for themselves what is important, and what is less so. If faculty provide notes of any sort, they are undermining this important learning process. At the college level, the content is secondary to developing an ability to determine what is important and how to apply it. If a student can do that, they will master the material without the need for faculty notes. Don’t do their work for them.

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