tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11911032.post558295773790351433..comments2022-11-25T14:42:48.452-05:00Comments on The Phenomenal Field: Cones, RepurposedCordeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815187015516177232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11911032.post-75220289451148105862007-08-23T17:26:00.000-04:002007-08-23T17:26:00.000-04:00I'm glad my cheese salad was OK. I'm back from my ...I'm glad my cheese salad was OK. I'm back from my holidays and yes, you are absolutely right, last two weeks I have been working over time almost every day.Riikkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699435103318685286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11911032.post-84028156763021263222007-08-22T20:13:00.000-04:002007-08-22T20:13:00.000-04:00I have much to learn about this stuff--still. Jus...I have much to learn about this stuff--still. Just call me "Grasshopper."John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11911032.post-33129386523886868932007-08-22T18:19:00.000-04:002007-08-22T18:19:00.000-04:00Kansas ? Au contraire, mon ami: in the "bowl" of ...Kansas ? <I> Au contraire, mon ami</I>: in the "bowl" of Kansas originated the IDEA form (Google the monster), one of the most pernicious instruments of evaluation ever foisted upon higher education. If your administration becomes enamoured of it, drastic action is called for. As far as I can tell, Kansas is pretty much the epicenter of quantifiable accountability, a term administrators do not consider redundant.Cordeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815187015516177232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11911032.post-3806072515089238412007-08-21T09:17:00.000-04:002007-08-21T09:17:00.000-04:00Thanks, Cordelia. I'm pleased to learn that my hu...Thanks, Cordelia. I'm pleased to learn that my humble blog lies within your cone of concern.<BR/><BR/>Re "corporate edu-lingo": I count myself very fortunate to have the job I do--it's a wonderful place to work--and yet, one bone I have to pick is the neo-TQM stuff we've been exposed to in meetings each new semester. Much of it, we have little choice in, because our accrediting agencies and the state legislature are all about Assessment and making Quantifiable those things we think our students should be capable of when they leave. Perhaps we've not been as exposed (yet) to this sort of thing because Kansas, being in the geographic center of the country, is at the center of the Toilet Bowl Effect: "stuff" first appears on the coasts and, over time, gradually works its way "down" to us.<BR/><BR/>Maybe.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.com