March 22, 2006
Faculty-student forum: Professor expectations of students and vice versa
Each semester, UCITE joins with the Office of Greek Life to sponsor a faculty-student forum, where students and faculty get together to discuss an issue of common interest. This year's event focuses on the frequent miscommunication between faculty and students about what is expected from them in a course.
The forum will take place on Thursday, March 23 from 11:30-1:00pm in Clapp 108. (Clapp is the building opposite Rainbow Babies Hospital on Adelbert Road. You enter through the Hovorka Atrium and turn left.) The format will be interactive with questions posed to the panelists from members of the audience.
Faculty panel members :
Professor Bob Brown
Professor Dan Lacks
Professor Agata Exner
Student panel members
Laura Spratt
Sean Dee
Moderator: Jen Agnew
The forum is open to all. Lunch will be provided but you do NOT need to register. Simply turn up and enjoy the event!
Background to the topic:
Many students at Case report that the first time they get a good sense of what the professor expects from them in a course is when they take an exam, often with disastrous results. This leaves them feeling aggrieved and resentful.
Most professors will be aghast at this revelation. After all, they usually go to great lengths to create syllabuses that explain their expectations and give introductory overviews of the course outlining what the course will be all about. Instructors feel they repeatedly pepper their course with information about what is important and what is not. How can it be possible that students do not know what is expected of them?
What we have here is a failure to communicate. How can this state of affairs be overcome?
A closely related question is about responsibility for learning. Clearly both professors and students share the responsibility for this. But what is not so clear is how this responsibility should be distributed. What are reasonable expectations for the professor to have of the students and what are reasonable expectations for the students to have of the professor? And how can this division of responsibilities be clearly articulated so that each person is aware of what he or she must do to succeed and there is no confusion and misunderstanding.
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