Andy,
I'll certainly forward the url for your web site to some folks here. I don't have much hope -- we are under such barrage of paper and pencil teacher-testing that, if not linked to our constantly shifting state certification requirements, is at least a constant threat. Massachusetts seems to think that the performance of a teacher that matters is one that can be assessed at a desk-chair.
bb
>Today I got an enquiry from a guy in a Canadian University wanting to do a
>job-swap. I didn't have a good enough match with his skills so I couldn't
>take him up on it, but it seemed like a great idea. Though academics get
>many opportunities for such things, us technical and admin. staff rarely do.
>
>So it did occur to me that I could use this list to ask the following:
>
>Do any of you guys work in a North American University that might be
>interested in offering me a 12 or 6 months job? What I can do is design
>classrooms which are intended to facilitate "collaborative learning". Maybe
>some of you get frustrated from time to time at how unsuitable the
>classrooms you are working in are for the kind of teaching you want to do?
>that the administration never ask your opinion or consult you about your
>needs? maybe you could convince your administrators to engage someone who
>works more collaboratively with faculty? Maybe you could show them my web
>page - http://www.ists.unimelb.edu.au/ts/reports.htm and get them
>interested in doing something different. From what I see of North American
>classrooms they seem to be designed for the teaching methods of the 19th
>century.
>
>Apologies for using this list opportunistically.
>
>Andy
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>* Andy Blunden, Teaching Space Support Team Leader
>* Email ablunden@unimelb.edu.au or andy@mira.net
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