'PHILOSOPHY AMONGST THE CHICKENS'.
1. On a
scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest, where would you rank Professor
Hannaford's presentation to our class?
2. What comes immediately to mind as you recall his visit with us? In
other words, what do you remember most readily about his presentation?
3. What did you find particularly helpful, informative, and/or challenging
about what he had to say? What ideas and imagery did he use that you
found especially intriguing?
4. How, if at all, did his ideas contribute to your own thinking about
education and the teaching-learning process?
5. If you could speak with him in person, what would you say to him
about how you feel and what you think about what he said to us? Were
you offended in any way? Were you disappointed in any way? What do you
think he needs to hear about how he is received by an audience?
6. Would you be interested in talking and working with him again?
7. Any other comments or questions?
Below are some of the (unedited) responses, identified by number corresponding to the questions:
#1--6.
#3--3 ways to identify yourself. The drawing of the chickens.
#4--Make sure when you are teaching that the students know what they
are doing, how they find the answer and how they came to the answer
without just assuming that they know.
#2--Has a sense of humor which I believe is very important in teaching
and giving presentations.
#3--How people are categorized--Division 1, understand instruction;
Division 2, follow instruction; Division 3, can't understand, can't
copy. After he said it I think about it constantly and find myself categorizing
people at work.
#5--I would like to discuss with him how we can get professors/teachers
to implement his way of teaching. Help the student and not just be a
depositor of information never caring if the student got it or not.
#7--He moved around while speaking a bit too much.
#1--10.
#3--The information he gave us about mass identity, social identity,
and intrinsic identity was very helpful.
#4--It made me think about, when I become a teacher how will I go about
teaching in a classroom and what type of teacher I want to be.
#5--I enjoyed his presentation. It made me think about some of the ways
our children are being taught. I was not offended in any way.
#1--10.
#2--The story of the chickens and how the new chickens would not except
the old because she continued to do things the way she always did them.
#3--I realized how serious moral absolutes can really be.
#7--The presentation was very good and informative. I learned a great
deal of information.
#1--9.
#2--The chicken presentation.
#4--I thought about how he described math. How students need to understand
it and not just do the steps.
#5--He needs to hear that he is a great speaker and has interesting
things to say.
#4--It contributed to my thinking as far as teaching. I'm in school
to teach and I want my students to understand their lessons and not
just do it. The math example was a great one because I can relate. That
needs to be shared with other educators.
#1--10.
#4--Teaching is an open workbook--never completing it.
#5--His approach to teaching is helpful, insightful and open minded.
I was never disappointed or offended. If I were apart of this class
for a longer period I would ask Mr. Davis to invite him back to speak
again.
#1--8.
#4--His idea contributed to my own thought that I should always try
to be mindful that everyone does not fall in the same category when
it comes to learning.
#5--I felt that he was an excellent speaker. I would have love to have
him as a math instructor. I would have been pleased if he could have
teached me to comprehend math in a different way.
#1--9.
#2--The story of his desire to offer to the chickens a clean home.
#3--The thought of doing something correct, but not being able to explain
the process, we do this everyday.
#6--I think it would be an interesting adventure into the mind of someone
so intelligent.
#7--The chicken story was a very good opener, but he didn't seem to
realize we wanted more.
#1--10.
#2--His friendly, easy-going style which made his presentation all the
more enjoyable.
#3--I think that especially these day Americans generally should understand
the moral limitations to the role of super power. I'm referring to the
chicken coop analogy.
#4--Our role as educators is to make the material as accessable as possible
tot he students. That is, we should be sensitive to the students individual
abilities and preferences as much as possible.
#5--I would ask him to go into more detail on his idea of the relationship
between democracy and mathematics, just to make sure I didn't miss anything.
#7--Could you speak at my math class next semester?
#1--10.
#1--8.
#3--It makes sense to me that you should be taught why you are doing
something instead of just doing it like a robot.
#5--I was not offended in any way. I think he could have said more if
he wan't so worried about offending someone. I got the impression that
that there was more that he had to say, but he was afraid to talk so
much.
#1--9.
#1--30/He gave three mini presentations.
#2--No moral absolutes! Do not judge others. Try to understand others.
#4--I will be actively searching for that 3rd child that he spoke of.
The one who does not understand!
#5--I would love to speak with him! and offending people can sometimes
get that person to think about their behavior!
#7--Hire him at Mercer! The University cannot afford not to have people
like him!
#1--7.
#2--His passion and open-mind w/ regards to the lecture and/or questions
from the class.
#5--He is to the point and very direct, that is very helpful to get
your opinion or message across. No, I was not offended or disappointed.
Here in the south foriegn speakers need to use a little more tact when
addressing touchy subject, because one could easily get offended w/
the slightests comment or joke regarding the lectures.
#6--Great presentation and professor.
#1--10
#2--His accent, his knowledge, and sincerity.
#3--The diagram about the chickens. While he spoke to the class I imagine
myself being in the midst of it all.
#5--I would tell him to speak to other classes the way he talked to
our class--it was an eye opener to me and the others.
#1--10 (fabules [fabulous!])
#2--Real world, real mind, real experience, real knowledge, real presentation
skill. Professor Hannaford has all these concept.
#3--His examples and the way he talks was perfect.
#4--He made me think about education systems in the classroom. Teacher-Student
communication is the most important thing in the class.
#6--I would definitly interested to talk and to see him again. I would
like to see him his country and town.
#7--Mercer university need to invite many Professor like Professor Hannaford.
#1--4
#3--I found that nothing he said helped or challenged me in the topics
we've been studying.
#4--They did not contribute at all.
#5--I felt that he did not go into depth enough abut what we've been
learning about presently in class.
#7--His ideas and concepts were too liberal for me personally. But yet
he may think I'm too conservative.
#1--10.
#2--His "accent."
#5--I would say that he needs to talk with other instructors on his
theory and maybe they could learn a thing or two when it comes to testing.
His presentation was very well received in a positive way. Great job
#1--9.
#2--Honestly his religious beliefs.
#4--I liked how he used animals to show how simple life can be.
#1--9.
#2--The story about the chickens, it was interesting. He spoke with
avid enthusiasm. He really got our attention with it.
#3--I found it informative about the 3 classes of the students. It made
so much sense to me.
#6--I spoke with him at length before class and found him to be sincere
and interesting to talk to.
#7--I felt like at times he wanted or needed to say more but for some
reason, he did not. He looked uncomfortable at times when asked questions
by Dr. Davis.
#1--8.
#2--His creative storytelling. I loved the way he captured my attention
with a great story, then got to his point.
#3--It's great to hear a teacher say they learned something from students.
His facial expressions, his sense of humor.
#4--I had never thought of why you do math, I just always done it because
that's what I've been taught.
#5--I would like to know more about his instructional insights to his
classes.
#6--Yes. He seemed to have knowledge on alot of things.
#7--Thanks for allowing me to become acquainted with Mr. Hannaford.
#1--8.
#5--Excellent job, wish he could teach a course here.
#2--He is a interesting Professor, I feel that he could have talked
a lot more about different topics. When both of you approached a question
from the class, the information was excellent.
#3--I felt the information provided was to the point. The life experience
he had talked about and the story hit home. A lot of true in his words
as the relate to life in general.
#4--I feel the education-teaching process needs to be revamped in America.
His back-ground and the educational level is greater in his country
and that is why, I feel, our kids will have a hard time getting jobs.
15 April, 2007
