By MARK EDMUNDSON
Published: NYT September 19, 2008
...Good teachers perceive the world in alternative terms, and they push their students to test out these new, potentially enriching perspectives. Sometimes they do so in ways that are, to say the least, peculiar. The philosophy professor steps in the window the first day of class and asks her students to write down the definition of the word “door.” Another sees that it’s hard to figure out how the solar system works by looking at the astronomy book. So he takes his friends outside and designates one the sun, the other the earth and gets them rotating and revolving in the grassy field. (For reasons of his own, he plays the part of the moon.)
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I think this article really demonstrates the shifting perceived power structures of American Universities. Has anyone visited the website mentioned in the article about rating professors? It's worth a look to see what criteria wins points...
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