tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post5071938365718666483..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: Going Forward?The Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-36964713606842552242013-05-23T17:21:12.749+01:002013-05-23T17:21:12.749+01:00And this, sadly, is why I'm considering going ...And this, sadly, is why I'm considering going back into the world of 'real work' when I finish my PhD. I absolutely love teaching - I love it when a student suddenly sees the point of criticising the law, and how the module that I teach will help with that. <br /><br />But, the politics. Oh man. The politics. The law school vs the university. The students looking for 'value for money' - when what they really mean is 'tell me the answers - I've paid for it', and the constant devaluation of the sheer pleasure of learning. <br /><br />The occasional lack of integrity in marking - if too many look like they're going to fail because they've read the question wrong, mark them as though they had read the question correctly. Wha? What is that going to teach them? Sometimes failing is the most important learning experience of them all. Not to mention that the majority of the students that I teach are going to be lawyers, when accuracy is going to be important!<br /><br />The focus on 'marketing' us and the rest of the university - education for sale. Learning environments, six bars on campus, expensive coffee shops coming out of our ear'oles, branded merchandise, bistros... Ugh.<br /><br />I may as well go back to a management job where I know I'll be miserable. It'll be less of a let down!Oldgirlatunihttp://oldgirlatuni.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-18294846046337087072013-05-22T22:34:43.755+01:002013-05-22T22:34:43.755+01:00Here's a nice example of what happens when you...Here's a nice example of what happens when you become fixated on measureable outcomes: http://bloodandtreasure.typepad.com/blood_treasure/2013/05/a-practical-education.htmlXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01962931483973457516noreply@blogger.com