Heather:
Their "indifference" was with regard to the overall masters program and how it is being run, not with their particular area of interest in Environmental Studies. A large program, with traditional styles of one way classes and no connection to alumni had reduced their energy and excitement for the content. They did see possibilities, particularly in the OST discussion, for a different approach and came up with specific proposals to change classes and connections/relationships. Larry Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation Toronto, Ontario, Canada la...@spiritedorg.com 416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com <http://www.spiritedorg.com/> From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Heather Sent: January-31-10 6:22 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: [OSLIST] OSLIST - Indifferent Grad Students Larry, Your report is really interesting. Congratulations on that positive feedback! May I confirm that you were conducting OS with graduate students (ie: people pursuing MA or PhD degrees)? What type of program / discipline? I ask b/c in my experience, graduate students have been anything but indifferent. Cynical perhaps, self-absorbed, concerned about success, financial issues and mastery of the specialised vocabulary / theory/ knowledge base of their discipline, often seeking respect or feeling stymied by their research / programs of study; but not indifferent, and never concerned about disagreeing with others; except perhaps their supervisory committee members. So I'm really curious as to what was causing these grad students to feel indifferent? thanks, Heather -- Dr. Heather Young-Leslie Ph.D. <http://www.HeatherYoungLeslie.wordpress.com> www.HeatherYoungLeslie.wordpress.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherYoungLeslie> www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherYoungLeslie * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
