from one professor to another....
583464
The book grabs ones attention & is so full of un-common sense I decided to use it for one of my own social work classes!
Thank you, Dr. Brown!
2536718
Love, Love, Love this short story. I had this gentleman as a professor at my undergraduate college Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, KY. He was the best professor I had during my college years (3 colleges, 3 degrees). I even followed him to London, England on a Study Abroad Trip. It was the best time of my life. I enrolled in as many of his classes as I could. If you ever have the opportunity to take a class taught by this gentlemen, I say TAKE IT!!!
3519374
As an Electrical Engineer it is a pleasure and a reason to be proud of one of the goods professors I had during my time in college.  I went to one of the most important and prestigious universities in the country of Venezuela - Universidad de Carabobo, here I took one class given for this majestic human being Wilmer Sanz.  I really find thrilling the fact he is contributing with this amazing project to the Robotic Industry and Schools' Programs.
3471821
The Professor does a masterful job of documenting his case. He does not uncover an actual cell containing extreme leftists (infadels) and radical muslims (who are in the leftists view, under the influence of the opiate of the masses), but he does demonstrate that it is possible for these very different kinds of people, without a formal memorandum of understanding, to work for the same goals.
3025623
I had the good fortune to hear Cyrus Gordon speak at the SBL conference in New Orleans in 1996. I want to emphasize that this was good fortune because when the reader reads Gordon's autobio-graphy, the reader may be a bit taken aback by an apparent amount of defensiveness and, conversely, bragging. Yet consider...
As it turned out I also attended another session at that same SBL conference where a paper was delivered on politics in the academic world. Politics in the academic world is a grad student finding a doctoral program where one's advisor or doktor vater has a similar point of view and will help promote the student into the academic world.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Gordon's autobiography from his upbringing to his retirement. When he wrote that he had learned yet another language, I thought about the fact that he has had his method repeated on internet newsgroups frequented by scholars. When he wrote that his daughter read hieroglyphics at a museum before she could read English, I shared a parent's pride. And when he retired.... I marveled at the list of distinguished names of Cyrus H Gordon's doctoral students.
The word "odyssey" reminds one of Homer's epics of great men and their journeys. The life of Cyrus Gordon really was an odyssey of a scholar.
238145
Great book! I currently have the author as my professor and she is incredible and her research is becoming very influential and this book started it all!
2991575
I have been one of numerous people influenced by the teaching ministry of Dr. Ronald Youngblood, a man whom I call both a gentleman and a scholar. This book is comprised of 21 essays that were dedicated to Dr. Youngblood's honor. Personally I have been taught by several of the contributors(James Smith, Mark Strauss, Walter Wessel). Thus, for me, reading through this compilation was a delight because of my familiarity with these people during my time in the mid-1980s/early 1990s at Bethel Seminary San Diego. Dr. Youngblood's mastery in the classroom as well as his style (nobody has a more dry sense of humor, as any student of his can attest) and scholarship are duly noted in these pages.
As far as this book's collection of essays goes, most of the topics are only going to interest the biblical scholars. If you're not familiar with the ancient languages and other technical writing, the vast majority of this book will have little impact. Personally, I did not bother reading a quarter of the essays from their beginning to end because the individual content of these particular chapters just did not interest me.
However, this is not to say that there are not some jewels here. In fact, let me briefly mention four of my favorite essays. First, chapter 3 by D.A. Carson ("The limits of functional equivalence in Bible translation--and other limits, too") gives a good history of the gender-neutral debate, especially as the Today's New International Version (TNIV) is concerned. This is an informative chapter for those not very familiar with the background of the TNIV controversy, and thus I recommend it.
A second essay was the book's next chapter by Mark Strauss ("Current issues in the gender-language debate: A response to Vern Plythress and Wayne Grudem"). I liked it because: a) it was cutting edge and not just a rehash of previous work, which a number of these essays were; b) it deals with the current TNIV controversy from the perspective of Dr. Strauss, who does a good job answering his (and the TNIV) critics. Even if you disagree with Dr. Strauss, one must admit that his points are worthy of consideration.
Third, I liked Dick France's chapter 7 ("The Bible in English: An Overview"). Of course, general overviews of the translation of the Bible are a dime a dozen, and some may criticize its inclusion. However, I think that this was one of the most interesting and informative overviews on Bible translation I have ever read.
Finally, I appreciated John Stek's chapter 10 ("The New International Version: How it Came to Be"). This is one of the most detailed histories of the NIV in a short-order format. Based on the faithfulness of God and those (including Dr. Youngblood) who responded to His calling, I believe the process of the NIV translation was quite ethical and completed in a godly fashion. Perhaps this is why God has blessed its use throughout the world.
Each person is different and may find other chapters to be of more interest, but for me, these four essays made the purchase of this book worthwhile. May God continue to bless the work of Dr. Youngblood, and may we continue to work through the texts of scripture provided to us by God Himself.
4093539
The author of this book was my professor.  It's an interesting read. arrived quickly and in fine condition!
1588335
Having been a counselor in a Texas community college for the past thirty one years I can readily state that I am thrilled to still be able to gather new ideas from colleagues who are decades my junior.

Mr. Filine in his book assesses the current state of higher education for the masses without "dissing" those who labor in the profession and the same time slyly encourages us to reach out beyond the "way we taught."

Without explicitly stateing so I found between the lines that perhaps teachers are becoming superfluous unless we understand the context of the educational process in respect to technology, popular culture, and learning taking place quite literally at the speed of light. He alludes to this on p. 56, "...(teachers) play a complementary part in the symphony of learning." This metaphore flashes to mind the spanish word for teacher, maestro.

Mr. Filene's chapter on mandatory class discussion addresses the universal entity that all students bring to class which is fear. By teachers confronting this head on we take a quantum step in the learning/teaching equation. Empowering the student is directly proportional to empowering the teacher and it is the key to the entire process.

I have a sign on my office door in two inch bold print that states, "UNAUTHORIZED LEARNING NOT ALLOWED." Fortunately in our electronic world it is not possible to adher to this dicate. To wit I stumbled across Mr. Filene's book by going on line, looking at the NY Times home page, clicking on the an educational story, referencing a book mentioned in said article, being exposed to another book on the Amazon site, and then thirty minutes and $50 later having to wait a whole three days for my three ordered books.

The tag line from _Glen Gary Glen Ross_ was "ABC", always be closing. The tag line from _the Joy of Teaching_ in my view is "ABL"...must I say what the L denotes.

Thanks for a great read.
1405236
Oh this guy is such a smug, over educated, self-righteous bore. Now i know this is unfair, but haven't you all had a college professor who looked EXACTLY like this guy? Remember how smug and self-satisfied he was? I sure do!
3942882
As a retired teacher I am glad Tony helps us see that teaching is not a walk in the park as others would tell you. It seems those not trained as teachers assume it's a skill that is innate and nothing more is needed. Now that our classes ended up being 30, the most seats they could fit in a room, or else surely there'd be MORE chairs with kids, it is not easy. Teens especially can be brutal, some are mean-spirited, and ill-mannered bc they want to act cool to their friends and unaffected by a teacher's influence.  From time to time, I used to have my students teach part of a lesson of whatever unit we were learning, they'd know in advance and their turn one day was expected. The 'lower level' classes were ones where the student got 'seat time' so you couldn't plan lessons of any great depth, just the bare basics.  Kids are kinetic, so I tried to lecture little and do more hands on activities. When teaching time in Spanish, I literally had the student become the 'clock' with small and big hands pointing to the numbers around him, a human clock.  But at times you had to speak or present info and it is not always stimulating. I will never forget when Frank who at the head of the class teaching some Spanish verb conjugation was totally ignored. The other 12 or so students were sitting side saddle and ignoring him, having their own conversations.  Frank was not immune to doing that when I was up front mind you. He couldn't understand it until he was up there and he turned to me and said "Mrs. S, they're not listening to me, you go through this everyday?!!!"  I had to laugh bc he suddenly and very viscerally, 'got it.'  Tony gets it.  You don't know if you haven't tried it, and I wouldn't assume I'd know a skill had I not at least attempted it.  The view of the world is a lot different sitting in a chair looking forward at one teacher, than a teacher standing in front of 30 learners!  They'd rather be out with their friends than in a schoolroom!  I only regret not keeping a journal of my yrs teaching, I tell all others who are new teachers, to keep a journal, the same way you'd keep a travel journal.  I tell them if they do that that  "One day, there'll be a book in that!" That book is still unwritten, so maybe one day a teacher will compile years of experience to share in this capacity.  Tony's effort to write down his experiences, albeit limited, is a valiant one.
4555096
a challenging read, according to the PhD department head and the college student I bought it for (one is my son, one is my nephew). Both are academics but both are musicians 'on the side', and are really enjoying the book.
3688103
These reviews just blow me away and impress me so much since I have Stu as a professor this semeseter (winter 2004) at Eastern Michigan University.
All i can say is that he is already my favorite professor EVER at this school, and he is not just talk, he definately lives what hey says and he is a great person.
I truely reccomend the listed book for use as a class room text, a refference and a leisure reading selection.
620781
Very happy to see this book in a textbook format so that the knowledge is passed along as a new way of approaching science to solve societal problems. You'll find more depth in Professor Capra's other works on the subjects introduced and covered here. It sets up a nice situation where the reader is introduced to a number of unique ways of seeing topics that most do not know or appreciate yet. This will be the thinking of the future. I only hope it comes sooner rather than later. Get the book. If you're a professor - use the book for your class. Spread the messages it contains and we'll have more luck solving our problems moving forward.
3595827
Reflections of a scholar who observed and studied the teaching techniques and learning habits of students around the world.
2236469
He was one of my college profs - and glorious.  My school days copy of the book disappeared in one of several moves , so it was grand to find this and will enjoy it in detail over and over - the one that was lost is found. Thanksomuch!
1595772
I remember that day long ago when My Gramd Mother asked to meet Professor Jones.
  The daughter and Grand daughter of Confederate soldiers wanted to meet an educitated Negro Professor who life was given to inpower others to become what they were capable of becoming.
  Mama who father would never let her wear a blue dress, sat in the office of a man whos father was a slave! Both admired the other, each giving thanks for the others. That was the way of both.
  Professor jones' life is told in the book "The Little Professor of Pine Woods" Professor may have been little in stature, bu he was far from Little in Love and Power.
  All should read this book and see what one man governed by loved can do, and how he can call other to look into themselves and believe in themmself and brig forth their own power and accomplish.