A proper consolidation of a critical view must, of necessity, be idiosyncratic and, hence, not suitable for lecture based presentation.
It depends on how you lecture, mine were pretty "idiosyncratic", very interactive and I constantly showed students examples of rival views of issues in the media, and related them to the ideologies and general history behind them and then encouraged them to argue. It seems to have worked for a lot of students:
The course and it's future students will be the poorer for your loss. But as Socrates said: "The unexamined life is not worth living." Keep up the good work making people think for themselves... http://homepage.mac.com/tedwelch/xaro-03/feedback.html
The course and it's future students will be the poorer for your loss. But as Socrates said: "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Keep up the good work making people think for themselves...
http://homepage.mac.com/tedwelch/xaro-03/feedback.html
You did a lot for CMP which many people will never forget. I'd like to thank you for something you once said (its not a quote, i didnt make that detailed notes), you asked us all to question the things that usually we just go along with, to go out there and find the answers for ourselves and not take someone's opinion as a truth. For this i thank you.
I refused to keep within the usual academic boundaries (easier with a new and broad subject like the media) and ranged very widely, encouraging students to do so too and not be afraid to question the views of experts in various fields. One guy, who had wanted to make SF films when he started the course, became interested in the political issues we discussed and went on to do an MA in politics and a Ph D in Soviet economics ! :-)
You may think this a long way from film, but only after attending your lectures could someone with no knowledge whatsoeverof the history of mathematics think they could write a book on this subject. Surely that is a great achievement!
From a review:
Barnett's new book provides much objective information about Russian economic thinking during its most flourishing historical period and valuable insights into the nature of the interlacing ideas and contending views of Russian economists. Putting a new perspective on the history of Russian economic ideas may contribute to the multi-national study of the history of economic thought. It is a welcome addition to the scarce English-language literature. http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/1185
Barnett's new book provides much objective information about Russian economic thinking during its most flourishing historical period and valuable insights into the nature of the interlacing ideas and contending views of Russian economists. Putting a new perspective on the history of Russian economic ideas may contribute to the multi-national study of the history of economic thought. It is a welcome addition to the scarce English-language literature.
http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/1185
Many professors blanch at the idea of serving as department chairman, an often thankless task requiring fierce lobbying of school administrators for resources and deft ego massage of faculty members. "You've got 50 prima donnas and no stick to hit them with, so you just try to persuade them and hope they fall in line," said Gene M. Grossman, a Princeton economist and former chairman of the department. Many professors blanch at the idea of serving as department chairman, an often thankless task requiring fierce lobbying of school administrators for resources and deft ego massage of faculty members. "You've got 50 prima donnas and no stick to hit them with, so you just try to persuade them and hope they fall in line," said Gene M. Grossman, a Princeton economist and former chairman of the department. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401544_pf.html
Many professors blanch at the idea of serving as department chairman, an often thankless task requiring fierce lobbying of school administrators for resources and deft ego massage of faculty members. "You've got 50 prima donnas and no stick to hit them with, so you just try to persuade them and hope they fall in line," said Gene M. Grossman, a Princeton economist and former chairman of the department.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/14/AR2005111401544_pf.html
And at Princeton Krugman replaced Bernanke as chairman of department. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
