Comments on: The Decline of the English Department http://ethanhirsch.com/2009/10/02/the-decline-of-the-english-department/ (Mostly) Positivist Musings Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:11:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alex J. Mann http://ethanhirsch.com/2009/10/02/the-decline-of-the-english-department/#comment-7 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:57:33 +0000 http://ethanhirsch.com/?p=41#comment-7 Agreed with your major points. Mr. Chace is a bit dramatic, only because he doesn’t have the perspective of the student.

The issue(s) could be easily solved by focusing classroom culture on the individual learning needs + interests of each student. However, although I use the word easily, it’s not an easy task to implement.

Read Disrupting Class: http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Disruptive-Innovation-Change/dp/0071592067/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_a

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