Developing Competent and Democratic Professionals
Dr. John Kambutu--Tate Museum 124 -- (307) 268-2584 --kambutu@uwyo.edu
www.uwyo.edu/kambutu
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Is passionate and committed to the principles of quality teaching and learning
Is qualified and award winning
Is a facilitator
Respects learner’s thinking that is guided by sound pedagogical principles
Is a human being and is therefore, likely to make mistakes
Is a new show. You’ve never seen or experienced this show before. Thus, there is
no need to compare him with other shows.
Learners:
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Are democratic and professional
Are responsible for their own learning
Are thinkers and purposeful (make their own meaning)
Are critical to ideas not personalities
Will receive feedback proactively
Will not make assumptions.. find the courage to ask questions, express wants, etc.
Will communicate openly with faculty/s either by phone, e-mails, office visits or
impromptu encounters
o Will engage in constructive talk only (no gossips)
Learning is:
o A change in behavior because of an experience or experiences
o Likely to cause cognitive dissonance (discomfort)
o Connective and therefore is likely to be repetitive
o Fluid/cyclical (not necessarily linear)
o Liberating (expect surprises)
o Likely to be influenced by habit (Humans are creatures of habit & association).
Life:
o Is not always the way we think it is or the way we’d like to be
o “Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean”
o “Gossip is pure poison. We learn how to gossip by agreement”
o Don’t take anything personally. What others say and do is a projection of their
own reality, their own dream” …Don Miguel Ruiz (1997)
o Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow mindedness … Mark Twain
(1869)
Life is good.
Dr. Kambutu