I always expect the student to get the notes - if, for no other reason, I'm
always changing my lectures and I can't guarantee that I will tell the
student everything that I covered in class. If the student has gotten the
notes, then we go over specific points that they don't understand (I ask
them to bring the copied notes to my office so I can see what the other
student wrote as a refresher to me). This to me is no different than the
students who show up in my office to ask questions about material that is
straight out of the book. If they haven't read the book, then I tell them
to do that first and then we will talk.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael J. Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:21 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Responsibility for missed lectures
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I've got a question for how you all handle (or would handle) situations
>like this.
>I teach a course in which attendance is not mandatory; that is, I don't
>take attendance.
>However, on the syllabus and throughout the semester I emphasize to
>students that I often
>lecture on material that's not in the book, so while they are free to miss
>classes, they will also miss important course material that they are
>responsible for.
>Unfortunately, I've never thought to have an *explicit* policy about my
>role and theirs in
>"responsibility" for missed material.
>
>I provide students with a study guide before each exam, which is
>essentially an outline
>of all the important topics, themes, theories, experiments, etc. that will
>be fair game for the
>exam. Yesterday, a student emailed me asking me to explain one of the
>topics in the study
>guide. I asked whether she didn't understand part of it, or just plain
>missed those
>classes, and she wrote back that she'd missed them altogether.
>
>So, here's my question. Do I write her a long explanation of the topic,
>essentially providing
>her with the text of my lecture? Do I simply tell her it's her
>responsibility to get the notes,
>etc., from another student? The overworked faculty member in me leans
>toward the latter,
>but the teacher in me can't help considering the former.
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated. Perhaps there's a middle ground I
>haven't considered.
>
>-Mike
>
>************************************************
>Michael J. Kane
>Department of Psychology
>P.O. Box 26164
>University of North Carolina at Greensboro
>Greensboro, NC 27402-6164
>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>phone: 336-256-1022
>fax: 336-334-5066
Deb
Dr. Deborah S. Briihl
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
(229) 333-5994
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