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CLASS POSTINGS FALL 2008 – UNM CJ 314 (Intercultural Communication with Service Learning) Course Packet (with Syllabus) to print - click here (posted 8/25/08)
Hunger in NM PowerPoint – click here (posted 9/1/08) NM Plan to End Hunger PowerPoint – click here (posted 9/1/08) CJ 583 (Teaching the Basic Course) – Forthcoming STUDENT HELP How to ask for a letter of recommendation How to send an effective e-mail Instructions for
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PHILOSOPHY Understanding. Challenge. Collaboration.
Respect. My largest goal is to establish a space where students can venture
to learn while feeling challenged, respected, appreciated, safe, and
enlightened. I do not believe in education by shame or strictly rote
learning; a classroom is not just a physical place and learning should not
center on acquiring facts. Classrooms and knowledge are mental,
psychological, emotional, and spiritual sites where students can challenge
themselves through scholarship and application with and through their peers
and instructor. Learning can be rewarding and enjoyable and developing a
constructive learning environment is integral to achieving this objective. Second, I strive
for students to achieve higher levels of communication literacy, a concept most
students enter the course not realizing is necessary or possible. My job is
to challenge students to identify and examine the practical, theoretical, and
philosophical underpinnings of communication that lie at the heart of the
human experience. I do not believe in education in the arcane. Communication
is both skill and philosophically based and can be achievable and enjoyable.
To aid students in increasing their communication literacy, I facilitate the
class in a hands-on, laboratory style format. Students take notes and I
present information, but it is framed in the context of doing and acting.
This enables students to appreciate the “real life” application of the
material and learn by numerous methods, including hearing, speaking, acting, writing, and reflecting. Knowledge, comprehension,
application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation are daily goals. Third, I set the
bar high and call on students to challenge themselves and take responsibility
for their own learning. I do not believe in education by sabotage or torture.
Setting the bar too high can cause frustration, anger, and fatigue; setting
it too low can result in lethargy and stunted motivation and application. My
objective is to challenge students while providing them a format to succeed.
If they do not, I understand it may be part of their learning process and
they may be negotiating their positionality in higher education and in the
classroom. I encourage students to engage in their own learning
process while not offering handouts or freebies. Earning a grade (versus
being given one) is central to my teaching philosophy. While understanding my
place of power in the classroom, I call on students to earn their grade but
focus on learning. Last, I do not
believe in education by inaccessibility and loneliness. Striving for students
to take responsibility for their own learning often means they need and
deserve my assistance. I believe in students being accountable for themselves but I am also accountable to them. Without
babying students, I try to keep open lines of communication (both
face-to-face and via e-mail) and frequently encourage students to contact me.
PREVIOUS CLASSES
SPRING 2008 UNM, Persuasion (2 classes) FALL 2007 UNM, Persuasion (2 classes) SUMMER 2007 MDC, Fundamentals (2 classes) MDC Online, Fundamentals (2 classes) SPRING 2007 UNM, Nonverbal Com (2 classes) FALL 2006 UNM, Nonverbal Com (2 classes)
SUMMER B 2006 MDC, Fundamentals (1 class)
SUMMER A 2006 MDC, Fundamentals (2 classes) FIU, Intercultural Com (2 classes) Kaplan, Interpersonal Com (1 class) SPRING 2006 FIU, Intercultural Com (2 classes) FIU, Business and Professional Com (2 classes) Kaplan, Conflict (2 classes) FALL 2005 FIU, Intercultural Com (2 classes) FIU, Business and Professional Com (2 classes) Kaplan, Interpersonal Com (2 classes) SUMMER B 2005 MDC, Fundamentals (1 class)
SUMMER A 2005 MDC, Fundamentals (2 classes) FIU, Intercultural Com (2 classes)
SPRING 2005 FIU, Business and Professional Com (2 classes) FIU, Intercultural Com (2 classes)
FALL 2004 FIU, Business and Professional Com (2 classes) FIU, Intercultural Com (2 classes)
SUMMER A 2004 FIU, Business and Professional Com (2 classes) MDC, Fundamentals (2 classes)
SPRING 2004 FIU, Business and Professional Com (2 classes) MDC, Fundamentals (3 classes)
FALL 2004 FIU, Business and Professional Com (1 class) MDC, Fundamentals (4 classes)
FALL 2001 ICB (Beijing, China), Fundamentals (2 classes) SPRING 2001 ICB (Beijing), Public Speaking (1 class) ICB (Beijing), Fundamentals (2 classes) SPRING 1998 NMSU, Principles of Human Com (2 classes) FALL 1997 NMSU, Principles of Human Com (2 classes) SUMMER 1007 NMSU, Principles of Human Com (1 class) SPRING 1997 NMSU,
Principles of Human Com (2 classes) FALL 1996 NMSU, Principles of Human Com (2 classes) NUMBER OF COM
CLASSES TAUGHT SO FAR 71
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