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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2008  > June  >
Chemical Education Today
Commentary
Als Ik Kan…My New Year's Resolution
Jim D. Roach
Department of Chemistry, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801
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June 2008
Vol. 85 No. 6
p. 768
Abstract
Colleges and universities have become little more than student-factories; turning out products that are inferior or worse yet, obsolete when they walk off the commencement stage. As a physical chemist I can appreciate the importance of technology in both teaching and research. But, proficiency with technology does not guarantee good teaching. Perhaps we should all use a little more chalk and a little less tech; spend more time training students to think and less time telling them where to click. I have a New Year’s resolution; a new strategy that I plan to unveil at the start of the spring semester (and at the beginning of every semester thereafter). I’m hoping that dedication and passion are contagious! My standards are going up; my time spent with students is going to increase. Students will have excellence demanded of them and excellence demonstrated to them…Als Ik Kan…to the best of my ability.
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Roach, Jim D. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 768.
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Keywords
Communication / Writing; First-Year Undergraduate / General; General Public; High School / Introductory Chemistry; History / Philosophy
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5/5/2008
5/6/2008
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