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"Day, Janet" <[log in to unmask]>
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Teaching Breakfast List <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:05:31 -0400
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Hi,
LOTM was looking for book suggests for the faculty to read and discuss.
Best,
Jan

Janet E. Day, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 
Department of Political Science
SUNY-Oneonta
14K Schumacher
(607) 436-2754
-----Original Message-----
From: Teaching Breakfast List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McKay, Zanna
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: read any good books lately? Know any good authors?

Are these books students would also read? Freshmen?
I think I misunderstood.
Zanna

On 3/14/12 10:16 AM, "Pence, Harry" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Dear Friends,
>One of my old favorites is still "The Art of Teaching" by Gilbert Highet.
>
>More recently I have read Louis Menand's "The Marketplace of Ideas" and
>Richard Sennett's "The Culture of the New Capitalism" and would love to
>discuss both of these with anyone who is interested.
>
>Finally, I found Transitions" by William Bridges to be very useful as I
>was planning for retirement, although it would have been equally useful
>throughout my career if I had found it earlier.
>
>Cordially,
>Harry
>
>P.S. I also like Parker Palmer.  When he visited the campus several years
>ago, someone asked him what he thought of the mountain of material that
>must be turned in when a faculty member is considered for tenure or
>promotion.  He firmly replied with a single word, "Fraud!"  How can you
>not like someone who says that the Emperor has no clothes?
>
>
>
>Harry E. Pence
>SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
>SUNY Oneonta
>________________________________________
>From: Teaching Breakfast List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>McKay, Zanna
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:27 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: read any good books lately? Know any good authors?
>
>Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of
>Conscience in Dark Times
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: Teaching Breakfast List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Nowak, Rhea
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:21 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: read any good books lately? Know any good authors?
>
>What the Best College Teachers Do
> By Ken Bain
>
>Survival of the Beautiful: Art,Science, and Evolution
>By David Rothenberg
>(very conversationally written but interesting ideasÐ)
>
>
>
>Rhea Nowak
>Assistant Professor of Art
>SUNY College at Oneonta
>Oneonta, NY
>(607) 436-2827
>
>From: "Greenberg, Jim"
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>Reply-To: Teaching Breakfast List
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>Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:03:55 -0500
>To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>"
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>Subject: Re: read any good books lately? Know any good authors?
>
>Rick,
>
>The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life,
>by Parker J. Palmer.
>
>Mr. James B. Greenberg
>Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
>Milne Library
>SUNY College at Oneonta
>Oneonta, New York 13820
>
>email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>phone: 607-436-2701
>fax:   607-436-3677
>Twitter: greenbjb
>
>"Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"
>
>
>
>From: "Jagels, Rick"
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>Reply-To: Teaching List
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:06:52 -0500
>To: Teaching List 
><[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>Subject: read any good books lately? Know any good authors?
>
>TBers,
>
>The Life of The Mind (LOM) committee would like to include a book
>discussion as one of the roundtables at the LOM event next Fall.  The
>hope is to choose a book soon enough for people to have time to read it
>and have the author lead the roundtable. We¹d like the book to relate to
>one of the colleges six pillars that support our mission,
>(http://www.oneonta.edu/president/nk012412.asp)  Ðand a living, available
>author might make the roundtable more lively!
>
>If you have any suggestions, if YOU are an interested author, please
>suggest either through this listserv or to me
>([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Janet Day
>([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>), chair of LOM.
>
>Thanks
>Rick
>
>
>Rick Jagels
>Education Specialist
>College Assistance Migrant Program
>111 Wilsbach Hall
>State University of NY College at Oneonta
>(607)436-2297
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>
>
>
>Rick Jagels
>Education Specialist
>College Assistance Migrant Program
>111 Wilsbach Hall
>State University of NY College at Oneonta
>(607)436-2297
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