On suggestion for increasing participation- have occasional meetings at a time other than 8:00am. Those of us who have school-age children and don’t live in Oneonta have a hard time making that time slot. I realize it helps remove conflict with class times,
but some departments have 8:00am classes and labs, too (Chemistry does). I really miss the TB group, but there’s no way I can make it at that time.
-Kelly
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Kelly Gallagher
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
SUNY College at Oneonta
From: "McKay, Zanna" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Teaching Breakfast List <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:09:37 +0000 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Collectivist Cultures and Educational Approaches : Teaching Breakfast Reminder
I love the Teaching Breakfast. I hope we can grow it. Lets move it to Fitzelle, perhaps in the lounge, to give some privacy.
And who do I ask to get coffee back? We have always had that as a little incentive- I think it will help us to rope in some people.
Coffiee is a part of the culture of our Teaching Breakfast….
This is a reminder that our next Teaching Breakfast get together is tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 am outside Starbucks. The article linked to below is an example of how collectivist cultures have different expectations about “normal” school behavior for students.
This is worthy of a larger discussion which I hope we can have at tomorrows get together.
In Japanese classrooms, teachers consciously design tasks that are slightly beyond the capabilities of the students they teach, so the students can actually experie...