"I Love Learning; I Hate School": An Anthropology of College (FBG)

Faculty Book Group | Spring 2019 | Meeting 1

Mar 18, 2019 [ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR]
1:00pm-2:00pm
348, James E. Walker Library (LIB)
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* NOTE: The book group has reached maximum capacity. Please email Sheila Otto if you wish to be placed on the waiting list. *

You are invited to join a group of colleagues who will be reading and discussing the book "I Love Learning; I Hate School": An Anthropology of College, by Susan D. Blum.  

The publisher’s website describes the book as follows: Frustrated by her students’ performance, her relationships with them, and her own daughter’s problems in school, Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology, set out to understand why her students found their educational experience at a top-tier institution so profoundly difficult and unsatisfying. Through her research and in conversations with her students, she discovered a troubling mismatch between the goals of the university and the needs of students.  

Blum tells two intertwined but inseparable stories: the results of her research into how students learn contrasted with the way conventional education works, and the personal narrative of how she herself was transformed by this understanding. In this critique of higher education, infused with anthropological insights, Blum explains why so much is going wrong and offers suggestions for how to bring classroom learning more in line with appropriate forms of engagement. She challenges our system of education and argues for a "reintegration of learning with life."  

This book group will be facilitated by Ryan Korstange and will meet three times:

March 18, April 1, April 15

1-2 PM

LT&ITC, Library 348  

Each participant will be provided with a copy of the book in advance of the first meeting.  

Participation is limited; if you are interested in joining the group, please register as soon as possible.

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