Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Raymond Rogoway
and Sons. > > High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, > Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net > > > > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:27:03 -0400 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu &g

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Raymond Rogoway
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:27:03 -0400 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu > > Subject: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher > Ed > > > > What would you do if an adjunct instructor at your school > responded to > > s

RE: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Jim Matiya
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Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Joan Warmbold
The comments/reactions to this article are strongly against the administration and very sympathetic to the adjunct. The adjuncts at Oakton Community College are well-organized and thereby their stature and rights have been enhanced accordingly. Fifteen years ago or so they were like treated like p

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Rikikoenig
Linda discussed problems with the formalizing of syllabi and texts to produce uniformity and limit freedom. I have been teaching AP Psychology since before there was an AP and, for the first time,we were required to submit syllabi last year in order to have our courses certified as AP. The

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Linda Woolf
Paul Brandon wrote: > > > In this case it does not appear that there was anything controversial > about what he was teaching. > The only question is whether he was requiring specifics not specified > in the syllabus. I guess my syllabi are going to become much, much longer now that I know that

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Brandon
On Jul 23, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Linda Woolf wrote: > Paul Brandon wrote: >> >> First of all, this is not an academic freedom question since he >> was not fired because of the content of what he was teaching. >> Rather, the issue is whether he was requiring his students to know >> (and answer te

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Linda Woolf
Paul Brandon wrote: > > > First of all, this is *not* an academic freedom question since he was > not fired because of the *content* of what he was teaching. > Rather, the issue is whether he was requiring his students to know > (and answer test questions on) content not specified in the syllabus

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Brandon
On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: > Paul Brandon wrote: >> >> >> >> First of all, this is not an academic freedom question since he >> was not fired because of the content of what he was teaching. > > This is not true. Academic freedom extends well beyond that. Please

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Christopher D. Green
Paul Brandon wrote: > > > First of all, this is *not* an academic freedom question since he was > not fired because of the *content* of what he was teaching. This is not true. Academic freedom extends well beyond that. Please read the 1940 AAUP statement on academic freedom (which is widely con

Re: [tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Brandon
First of all, this is not an academic freedom question since he was not fired because of the content of what he was teaching. Rather, the issue is whether he was requiring his students to know (and answer test questions on) content not specified in the syllabus -- a violation of the contract

[tips] Out of Work for Doing Extra Work? :: Inside Higher Ed

2008-07-23 Thread Christopher D. Green
What would you do if an adjunct instructor at your school responded to students' complaints that the mandated textbook was unclear, by creating original supplementary materials to help the students understand the topic better? Give him a pat on the back? One Indiana college decided to fire him