Survey

The survey is BEVI - Beliefs, Events, and Value Inventory. Reference
to the research project involving the BEVI that Prof David Horner mentioned is described at:

http://www.ibavi.org/

2nd Meeting with Supervisor

Date: Oct 16, 2009
Time: 17.00 - 18.00

Key points:

- What is my interpretation of learning outcomes?
- How would I measure outcomes?

- replicate models of overseas studies, e.g. Wabash

- theory: culture affects learning outcomes, i.e. A affects B, e.g. Cultural capital theory; use mindmap

- lit review: summary/remarks + why it's useful + research gap

Proposal samples:

- Dec conference
- First 3 chapters of any dissertations


Actions:

1. Read:

a) Integration of learning (unpublished doc dissertation)
b) Journal of College Student Dev
c) New case for LA (book)
d) Studying college students in the 21st century
e) Handbook of Qualitative Res
f) Articles on Wabash

2. HKU thesis online (search learning outcomes)

3. draft proposal and submit to GP for review

Mindmap

Here's the first go ... more work to be done.

Reading report - Student-faculty informal interaction and the effect on college and ...

- good reference point for Literature review

Reading report - Effects of LA experiences on LA outcomes

- examine the actual impact of LA education on learning outcomes
- examine the extent to which an institutional ethos, that values student-student and student-faculty interaction within a supportive environment characterized by high expectations for developing the intellectual arts, manifests in the lived experiences of students and thus predicts the development of the intellectual arts and skils necessary for a life of substance and achievement
- empirical blackbox?
- capitalize on Wabash National Study

- literature review (LA colleges, LA ethos and practices, and LA educational incomes)

- methods

- discussion/ implications

Major Scholars

Patricia King: patking@umich.edu
Marie Brown
Nathan Lindsay
JoNes VanHecke: vanheckej@central.edu
TA Seifert: tricia-seifert@uiowa.edu
C Blaich
ET Pascarella
A Astin

Center of Inquiry in the LA at Wabash College

Reading report - LA student learning outcomes: integrated approach

- Mentioned about learning outcomes of LA education.
- Wabash National Study of LA Education - 7 LA Outcomes
- Attributes and behaviors associated with high inclination to inquire and lifelong learning, by dimension or development.


Nancy Thomas, "cultivate in students the passion, balance, integrity, vision, and sense of collective responsibility that will prepare them for wise and ethical stewardship of their world".

adapt to the changing world
independent of mind
skeptical
knowledge attainment
transformative educational paradigm
evolution of multi-dimensional identity
integrity
responsibility
humanity
commitment

Methodology

As I'm contemplating the study framework, the Wabash National study appears a good option.

1st Meeting with Supervisor

Date: Sep 10, 2009
Time: 17.00 - 18.00

Key points:

- Do teachers at LU know about LA education?
- Do I know what LU CC graduates do?
- Does LU enjoy an edge since it has rolled out LA education for more than a decade, given all uni follow suit with the 3-3-4 implementation?
- What makes LU's LA unique?
- Stakeholders include senior mgmt, academic staff, parents
- Does LU have to recalibrate LA education?
- How is the notion of US CC embedded in local CC? Any comparisons?

- What are my main arguments? conceptual framework? Theories?

Actions:

1. Write a 1-pg document containing:

* research problems with sub-problems
* key concepts
* important lit (3-4 essential books/ journal articles)
* conceptual models
* methodology/ preliminary hypothesis
* expected outcomes

2. Schedule (when to deliver the research seminar)

3. Re-send previous UWA research proposal

Submitted on 24 Sep.

Suggested readings:

1. Community college models : globalization and higher education reform
By Rosalind Latiner Raby, Edward J. Valeau.
London : Springer, c2009.

2. Global Development of Community Colleges, Technical Colleges, and Further Education Programs
by Paul A. Elsner, George R. Boggs, and Judith T. Irwin (Paperback - Nov 30, 2008)

3. Dimensions of the Community College: International, Intercultural, and Multicultural Perspectives (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)
by Norma Tarrow (Hardcover - April 1, 1996)

4. Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs
by Duane E. Leigh and Andrew M. Gill (Paperback - Aug 31, 2007)

5. Community College Faculty: At Work in the New Economy
by John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater, and Richard L. Wagoner (Hardcover - Jan 19, 2006)

Liberal Arts for PR

The researcher tries to understand the effectiveness of LA education from different stakeholders, probably students. Yet this YouTube clip is only for recruiting prospective USC students. To what extent is it true?

Re-inventing Liberal Arts

Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.

English Proofreading

I might have to come back to this site - http://www.madibaworld.com/ when touching up on my proposal and dissertation.

Embarking on an academic journey

I am thrilled to set sail on the academic waters with the Web 2.0 platform.