tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post5084802935678329633..comments2024-03-27T19:53:53.708-06:00Comments on growing changing learning creating: Asking for snarky studentsTom Haskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-73129637207287975642010-11-18T13:18:55.019-07:002010-11-18T13:18:55.019-07:00Yes to both your points Virginia! Where the non-te...Yes to both your points Virginia! Where the non-tenure track faculty differ from tenure-track is in the shorter duration of their research designs, inability to attend conferences and more disconnects from the worldwide peers who could support the research questions, issues, setbacks, etc. I suspect much of the disconnect occurs from the non-tenure track getting framed as outsiders, second class citizens or migrant workers. <br /><br />Somewhere along the line, lots of students learn to give up on getting the attention they need, on showing respect to teachers and on maintaining their own reputations. Once they feel shot down, chances of getting back up are slim. They may acquire that baggage long before they show up in college, and merely act it out in each class they take.<br /><br />Thanks for your added thoughts!Tom Haskinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658791778134826289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117005533318160902.post-69247603660663202762010-11-18T12:49:14.908-07:002010-11-18T12:49:14.908-07:00It is not just the tenured teachers. Part time an...It is not just the tenured teachers. Part time and term instructors are also expected to do research, plus they are looking for jobs (which won't come if they don't do research).<br /><br />However, part of the problem is also the immediacy that many students expect when they interact with a faculty member. The fact is, many students believe that the faculty do nothing but sit in their offices all day. I can't tell you how many meetings I have set up with students, rearranging my schedule, only to have the students not show up or even contact me to let me know why they didn't show up. They have much more important things to do, and the instructor will be in their office "thinking" anyway.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.com