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2017 Fall
This semester, we are reading Make It Stick, which was also read and discussed in the KCTL reading group a few semesters ago. Session 2: 10/19/17 In attendance: Rich Legum, Marge McGovern, Dorina Tila, Betsy Tompkins, Janine Graziano The group discussed Chapters 4, 5, and some of 6. Session 1: 10/5/17 In attendance: […]
2009 Spring
For the Spring 2009 semester, we read and discussed Tim Clydesdale’s “The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School,” which is a critical, ethnographic study of fifty students transitioning into college. Our conversations centered around whether there is a ‘dominant culture’ among college students at KCC, whether we accept Clydesdale’s view of the […]
2009 Fall
During the Fall 2009 semester we read and discussed discussed of Francois Begaudeau’s controversial memoir The Class. We started by asking members of the reading group to share the ways in which Begaudeau’s memoir of a middle school classroom reflected their own personal experiences teaching at Kingsborough. Many participants articulated teaching struggles that mirrored Begaudeau’s, […]
2010 Spring
Published in 2009, Cox’s book, The College Fear Factor, draws upon extensive qualitative research in community college classrooms to explore student expectations of college, faculty aspirations for their students, and the divide that often exists between the two groups. Cox draws upon interviews with students and faculty, as well as many hours of classroom observation, […]
2010 Fall
In fall 2010, we read Howard London’s “The Culture of a Community College.” London’s study takes place among working class white students at an urban community college and explores the impact of social class on student behaviors and aspirations. Most participants in the group enjoyed London’s book and made various connections between London’s study and […]
2011 Spring
List of Links: Pre and post semester surveys Reading Group Discussion Questions 4-11-11 Reading Group Discussion Questions 5-9-11
2011 Fall
Pre-Semester Surveys: The top reasons for joining the group were (in order of most to least): (1) being interested or intrigued in the book we were reading and (2) having been a member of this group for several years. What people hoped to gain from the sessions were (1) connecting to colleagues/intellectual discussion and (2) […]
2012 Spring
Text: In the Basement of the Ivory Tower by Professor X List of Links: Group Response to Reading Group Meeting Number Four Group Response to Reading Questions Part One Group Response to Reading Questions Part Three Group Response to Reading Questions Part Two KCTL SoTL Reading Group Book Ballot Reading Questions Part 1 Reading Questions […]
