Berkeley, Sunday February 17, 2019 5:21 PM I regret that I have not written this blog over a long time. Of course it is hard to be completely open, and to write every single detail, but I do my best. If there are some readers interested, I appreciate. Moreover, writing this blog has the mission […]
How many things do I learn just in my daily interactions in the street
Berkeley, December 29, 2018 8:15 AM Every single person has goals in life. Those goals become more serious when they are related with love and need. It can be at the family level, or love for purpose in society which also exists. I did a short visit of 6 days to Ecuador for Christmas and […]
Annotations from Epilogue, What can we learn from them?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Wednesday December 12, 2018 12:16 PM It might sound a weak closing remarks of the book, but actually is simple and powerful, everyone cares about teaching, and everyone things that they do a little more for it than the next one in line, from professors through department chairs, to deans, provosts, and presidents. They […]
Annotations from Chapter 7, How do they treat their students?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Wednesday December 12, 2018 11:55 AM Assessing students The teachers in the study used assessment to help students to learn, not just to rate and rank their efforts. Practices Evaluation is use to find out as much as possible about their students, “not so I can make judgements about them,” one instructor explained, “but […]
Annotations from Chapter 6, How do they treat their students?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Wednesday December 12, 2018 11:28 AM In an interview to one of the professors of the study, he said: “The most important aspect of my teaching is the relationship of trust that develops between me and my students” That trust meant that the teachers believed students wanted to learn, and they assumed until proven […]
Annotations from Chapter 5, How do they conduct class?, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Tuesday December 11, 2018 10:03 PM Bain (2004) identified seven common principles in the teachers that were part of his study. 1. Create Natural Critical Learning Environment People tend to learn most effectively when (i) they are trying to solve problems that they find intriguing, beautiful, or important; (ii) they are able to do […]
Back to blogging
Berkeley, Sunday December 9, 2018 11:10 PM I am facing the finals week of the Fall semester. Some big challenges are coming back. While a book review is coming a minor challenge, in comparison with a prospectus, to be done by tomorrow, and my oral qualification exam, which are on Friday, writing the book has […]
How many things to say, to do, but how little time to do it. (Positively edited 5 days after the original draft)
Berkeley, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:30 PM Last post was about one month ago. It has been useful to put all my attention on my daily activities and exams, but perhaps all the words that I could have typed here Jian, now, have listened them. You and I should thank Jian then for her attention. […]
Annotations from Chapter 4, What the best college teachers do, Bain, 2004.
Berkeley, Sunday, November 4, 2018 10:20 PM Chapter 4. What do the best teachers expect from their students? As a tradition with previous chapters, I still want to write here my take-aways and annotations I remember from this chapter, although, I finished it one week ago. Take aways: Avoid stereotype a group of people of […]
My Think Tank Blog Plan from November 2018 until January 2019. Qualification Exams
Berkeley, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:30 PM Dear followers and readers. Thanks for have been checking this blog in a frequent basis, by either liking posts, or following or subscribed to it to get notifications when I post, or the most brave, who is mainly a sentimental connected person, Jian, by commenting, or by just […]
