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[hmaria1609]

I found this new blog announced on a library listserv.  It's by an academic science & tech librarian:
http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/
It's for undergrads which is why I didn't post it in the Grad Student section.  Looks interesting.

[larryc]

Which of the two posts did you like better?

[pandora]

Maybe I'm a little fussy because I teach so much writing, but if you simply put this paragraph in front of me:

Developing the Student as Scholar Model requires a fundamental shift in how we structure and imagine the whole undergraduate experience. Not only does it transcend the boundaries of the traditional classroom by leveraging the vast amounts of raw material now available to undergraduates, but it also requires a culture of inquiry-based learning infused throughout the entire liberal arts curricular and co-curricular experience that starts with the very first day of college and is reinforced in every classroom and program. Put another way, the Student as Scholar Model represents the far end of the educational spectrum, specifically progressing from an instructional paradigm that emphasizes telling students what they need to know, to a learning paradigm that emphasizes inquiry in shaping how students learn what they need to know within the traditional academic context, and culminating in a discovery paradigm that encourages students to seek and discover new knowledge, emphasizing inquiry with no boundaries.

. . . you could have easily persuaded me that this was actually satire.  I do understand that the website itself is one with sincere ambitions, but I'm not seeing a lot here that hasn't been part of pedagogical discourse, at least for some of us, for decades.  Probably way before Freire.   I am curious to know also what you've found new or interesting in this approach to teaching.