Great discussion regarding the over-emphasis on conformity.
At the graduate level the objective of the educational experience should be more focused on complex analysis, evaluation, and systems creation. A drive towards conformity is not appropriate to graduate education and devalues the experience.
Yes, I believe this is the role of good teachers/advisors! To encourage their agency and creativity while also teaching them the ins and outs of the discipline. I was lucky enough to have this kind of training in grad school and this is what I tried to do for my students too.
Great discussion regarding the over-emphasis on conformity.
At the graduate level the objective of the educational experience should be more focused on complex analysis, evaluation, and systems creation. A drive towards conformity is not appropriate to graduate education and devalues the experience.
Feel free to follow my four-part series on teaching, learning, and assessing of affective behavior on my Ex4EDU.report (https://www.ex4edu.report/p/affecting-the-affective) and also take a look at a related article on implications of AI on educational assessment (https://www.student360.report/p/ai-imperative-a-clear-need-for-systematic)
Hi Doug! Thanks for these resources! I look forward to reading them.
Love this! Been thinking about ways to foster my students' creativity AND train them for the discipline.
Yes, I believe this is the role of good teachers/advisors! To encourage their agency and creativity while also teaching them the ins and outs of the discipline. I was lucky enough to have this kind of training in grad school and this is what I tried to do for my students too.
Thanks for the mention here!!! 💜💜💜
Absolutely! You and several other grad students I know inspired this post.