week 11 dq 1

In person in a classroom; the teacher needs to have a rather heavy amount of interpersonal social skills. Social skills are beyond an absolute must in most things related to academics. If you do not have said interpersonal skills, teaching in a class is not going to work well.

Online; to keep the interactions short, and within strict legal boundaries. Less emphasis on interpersonal social skills but more emphasis on the technical aspects of scholastics, but still a very high degree of legal ease involved.

I already answered this question in the first weeks of class. I am not suited for a on campus teaching position, at least in America. I am more suited for teaching in either the UK and or France where the cultures rules of acceptable order are very different than the Laissez-faire attitudes the American culture is drawn to.

There are aspects of the American Laissez-faire attitude which is all about refusing any and all responsibility regarding personal actions. The “I did not do that, I was not there, and you cannot prove I was”. The honor, discipline, etc. of being able to take personal responsibility is close to totally thrown out by many Americans. They do things and then refuse flat out to take any responsibility for said actions period. They then are offended by their negative actions being pointed out and the person pointing things out gets into trouble.

I am on the spectrum; I do not know those “social rules” which filter I can see things but not say them (Stavredes, 2011). This has been an issue my entire life. My childhood was real fun, hence the working on my PhD at 48 instead of 18. I am mostly certain the close calls in my childhood would not have been close calls. So, saying the wrong thing, or pointing out behavior patterns people around me do not want to see has caused enumerable problems throughout my entire life.

I am great online, but in person long term interactions are more than a little difficult. Hence the social rules of the UK or France where the interactions are more royal society based, rather than the “freedoms” of America. I think those social structures make it easier for people like me to interact with Society. The rules are far clearer and more defined (Zhu, & Kaplan, 2014).

Not to mention my issues with other faculty and the admin. I rub lots of people the wrong way. My ideas are great, but my personality people find difficult.

I am great on line, but in person less so. I would be far better on line (Swan, & Shea, 2005).

references

Stavredes, T. (2011). Effective online teaching: Foundations and strategies for student success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Zhu, E., & Kaplan, M. (2014). Technology and teaching. In M. Svinicki & W. J. McKeachie, McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (14th ed., pp. 232–263). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Swan, K., & Shea, P. (2005). The development of virtual learning communities. In S. R. Hiltz and R. Goldman (Eds.), Learning together online: Research on asynchronous learning networks (pp. 239–260). Mahweh, NJ: Erlbaum.