neoliberal efficiencies and competencies
contradictory pressures to measure the wrong things
neoliberal efficiencies and competencies
contradictory pressures to measure the wrong things
restructuring of higher education
my assertion is that restructuring = Auditor General recommendations
neoliberal climate
my assertion is that neoliberal = scientific management
Hence, an exploration of how different institutions commit resources, time, and policies to teaching improvement would be a fruitful area of future investigation.
Teaching Culture Perception: Documenting and Transforming Institutional Teaching Cultures
Institutional culture and quality teaching should be considered together, as there is an important relationship between institutional culture and teaching (Stein, 1997). T
goodness, is that what that article was saying?
shared value
do we have shared values? is this measured?
a culture with improved teaching quality is likely to lead to improved student engagement and learning
this makes an assumption that we are teaching "good" things. what about a business course that ignores climate change? or a sociology course that doesn't mention intersectionality? is this important to consider? must we implicitly trust that we are teaching towards a common goal?
Monogrpah
Monograph (spelling)
is an
has an excellent resource? has excellent resources
eCampis Ontario
eCampusOntario (spelling)
bases of power and influence
what is this
Bauman 1989: 167
citing this unethical study is the academic equivalent example of power. should be looking at the power the researcher exerts not the prison guards
An escalatory chain of eventsoccurred; the construed authority of the guards was enforced by the submis-siveness of the prisoners, tempting the guards to further and increasingly ille-gitimate displays of the power that their authority allowed them to exercise,leading to further humiliation of the prisoners
isn't this used as reasons for informed consent in the ethics process. does that make this a bad example?
Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo (1973) designed anexperiment that resonates with government practices that are accepted as nor-mal and routine in many societies
stanford prison experiment
ituational obligations arise
people felt obliged to do what they were asked to do in a specific situa-tion, which tended to override more general and abstract moral principles thatthey might also hold.
The system of which we are a part is responsible, not us
Senge, "the system's fault!"
expressed in a purely quantitative form
quantified data alone relieves you of moral indeterminacy
the result is the irrelevance ofmoral standards for the technical success of the bureaucratic operation
forgetting it a means to something other than itself
You see only asmall part of the whole organizational chain when accomplishing yourtask;
fayol, taylor argued for this
Total institutions do not just include organizations that makepeople inmates against their will
iron cage of bureaucracy?
orporate “organization man”
mcmillon cottom?
In organizations designed tobe more polyphonic through more inclusive governance and representation,there would be less need for illegitimate means of resistance
did Clegg not just say that all forms of resistance were illegimate?
Thosethat have resources attract more resources and thus more power
university of toronto
The organization wasconceptualized as being composed of four functional subsystems or subunits.
4 subunits of an org
expert knowledge as a masculine deviceover and against the female production workers
gendered power
Through their technical knowledge, they could render theuncertain certain and the nonroutine routine
ITS in a nutshell
manuals disappeared and sabotage occurred
POWER through broken machines
cientific management principles
tobacco piece-rate system
technicalcompetency
"unauthorized or illegitimate power" (Thompson, 1956:290)
Thompson (1956) researched two U.S. Air Force bomber wing commandscomprising both flight and ground crew personnel.
military bureaucracy
able to exercise power when they control or have the necessary knowledge tomaster uncertain zones in the organizational arena
technology is a great example of this; knowledge of systems; computers, applications, etc
uncertainty that the elected members
plus ca change
If you had a choice, would you spend eight hours a day with thepassing parade of megalomaniacs, incompetents, and cruelly brutal gossipsthat people most offices and other organizations?
is this even a coherent sentence? I think Clegg has PTSD from Office Space.
ife; it is not a metaphor for other things we want to do to improve our soc
this is a very good point that I often overlook as well
7 Characteristics of a Quality Online Discussion Posting
this needs updating for 2017
About "The Brief Penguin Handbook"
Is this Penguin or Pearson? Are these interchangeable? It's confusing
, and
new sentence
,
and
what living conditions were
were like?
the public opinion reflecting them
awkward. Did the public opinion reflect the institutions or was it merely the public opinion of the institutions?
In chapter 9 of Visions, Daniel Francis, Janet Miron, and Robert Lanning
Thank you for sourcing
were causes for reform
were they "causes" or they themselves reformed?
By using archaeological evidence of the exchange of certain European goods
where? for example?
as it circumvents some of the intrinsic problems that come with relying on heavily mediated records in the form of missionary/settler journals and letters
Great point
This directly contravenes the common assumption that European goods superseded Aboriginal trade networks
I like this sentence for its clarity.
Salisbury
Is this chapter 1, the fur trade? I can't find the Salisbury article.
in an effort to actively navigate the changes of 1830-1870 as the expansion of Canada’s borders and white settler communities reshaped cultural and economic practices and marginalized Métis populations
Perhaps this could be a new sentence. I don't like long sentences I lose my train of thought.
Complementary to these historians’ arguments, the primary sources, including Norbert Welsh’s memoir and several photographs, provided evidence of the impact of these societal changes as well as the diverging interests of white settlers and the Métis
Great sentence: good sourcing, evidence-based claims and links to the previous sentence nicely.
Métis migration, shifting cultural norms, the influence of white women, and the Métis resistance led by Louis Riel
I like how this gets right to the point.
The analyses of the three historians, Sylvia Van Kirk, Gerhard Ens and Gerald Friesen
Again, I appreciate this proper citing
which occurred
unncecessary
The primary and secondary sources contained in Chapter 8 of the Visions text, The Métis and Red River Society: Change, Adaptation, and Resistance -1830’s to 1870s
Yes, including the source. Great!
distinguishing features
such as? Give some concrete examples. There is actually nothing being said here.
Through an analysis of the viewpoints of three different historians and primary documents based on education and mental institutions and the ways in which reform was sought to improve them, it becomes clear that there are several key concepts that connect these types of reform together through distinguishing features.
Is this an example of a passive voice?
Reworded:
Three historians analyses of primary documents highlight several key concepts that connect educational and mental institutional reforms.
Through an analysis of the viewpoints of three different historians and primary documents based on education and mental institutions and the ways in which reform was sought to improve them, it becomes clear that there are several key concepts that connect these types of reform together through distinguishing features
This sentence is too long. It annoys me how many times I had to read it to understand what's being said here.
good about this paragraph
"good" in what way? structurally? or content-wise? Both?
But even such a little amount was necessary to secure the family
What does this mean?
Though women were marginalized in the public workforce, they utilized their social position to find ways to earn a living and contribute to society
What happens to women who do not have a high social position?
Document 1:
Where is this from? Source?
She argues that although women were still limited in employment opportunities, they too provided goods and services that were important to society.
I like writing like this. Clear and to the point.
The Crucifixion and The Last Judg
problem solving, communication, negotiation skills, conflict-resolution skills, and group processing skills.
how do we train for this?
supported by research
citation?
She tells me that Lily left her baby alone in the park
definitely an indication of fractured narrative
We will cover everything you need to know for this course within this module
yes, perfect.
It is beyond the scope of this course
you say this a lot. Perhaps just focus on framing what is within the scope of this course. I don't think we need to keep apologizing for not being about everything in the universe.
molecules.
should this end with a ?
Just to be on the safe side, we suggest that you be kind to your pet rock, most likely a silicate, just in case our silicon overlords arrive.
I chortled
cybertheorist Pierre Lévy
TIL "cybertheorist"
easures of the success
what exactly?
assessment adds up to 80%
Measures of Course Success
measures of course success
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assessment
Is he saying something about inductive vs deductive methods? Where typically historians have a model or a hypothesis but now they are allowing the data to tell the story?