I am compelled by Jack’s observations about how far his students’ facilitation skills have come in
just a semester– observations which echo my own in the years I used the IF process in the
classroom as well as those of… Read More »
Author Archives: Sue Goodney Lea
What might a certificate in facilitation look like?
Summiting a Concern Around the IF Sanctuary Table
I recently caught up with one of the Frontline episodes on my DVR. This one was called Storm
Over Everest, and it initially aired on May 13,2008. You can view the episode here… Read More », if you like.
The episode recounts
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Connecting IF Reports to Current Issues in Public Discussions
A recent Frontline episode (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=bigimage&utm_source=bigimage_)… Read More » exploring the
vaccine controversy was fascinating and suggests several openings by which a couple of our
less discussed reports might find some legs. Both the Regulation and Science reports connect
nicely to this current
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The Right Stuff
The raucous debate last month (March, 2010) over the health care bill was hardly unexpected. For more than one hundred years, efforts to provide better access to decent health care for all Americans have been thwarted. And, in fact, when… Read More »
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ADD Nation?
Many faculty complain that the current generation of students are different. This has probably been said of every generation of students that has come before, but there is an interesting Frontline episode (“Digital Nation”) that explores whether the digital natives… Read More »
Student-Centered Discussion: Providing Structured Space for Critical Thinking
When many faculty hear the term “student-centered discussion,” they imagine students leading a “discussion” that is really just a bull session. In fact, this is typically the sort of discussion that happens when faculty allocate small-group discussion time in their… Read More »
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Citizen Discussions FAQs
Numerous questions have arisen regarding the nuts and bolts of planning for and then conducting a citizen discussion. Theses discussion can seem rather daunting, particularly if engaging in community discussions is outside of your experiential range. So far, Jack has… Read More »
A Quick Word About Peer Evaluation
Within the collaborative IF classroom, sanctuary is emphasized. Students will be most open when the feel safe. And the most compelling fear among this generation of students is that they will be publicly belittled by peers. This can make the idea of doing… Read More »
At-Risk Students = Most At-Risk to Exploitation by the 21st C. Academy?
The most recent edition of Frontline … Read More »offers an exceedingly disturbing look at the for-profit
college world. The people who are driving this world brazenly talk on the record about what
a wonderful world this is. Their greed and callousness is stunning:
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