The students responded pretty promptly . However, despite an exercise done in class to demonstrate what reflecting really involves, students tend toi just answer my questions which were meant merely to trigger of their reflections. In the class exercise, I'd got the class to talk about their experience so far of university life. It started off with the usual positivist remarks, then as one student talked about an unpleasant experience he had with the counter clerks, others joined in with their own accounts of how the administration seemed to have these little napoleons everywhere. They were however very appreciative of their learning experience, and said thay liked being treated as independent adults by lecturers.
As for the feedback on innovations in the SKPD class so far, the general impression is positive. Although I didn't ask them to rank the innovations in any order, they seem to find getting emails from me very enjoyable because they say that it makes them feel that they're getting special attention, and that they enjoyed reading the jokes and articles that I send them - to expand their horizon.
I haven't done a close analysis yet, but all but one also seem to like the self-marking that I get them to do .
They like finding and sharing quotations, getting opportunities to talk in front of the class.
Siva is the only one who said he prefers a bigger class because he likes having more classmates who stimulate and challenge him.The rest like a small class for the attention it affords.
Another favourite innovation is the use of the computer and LCD in class, especially for viewing short films. I have shown 2 of the 15Malaysian film so far ( produced by Pete Teo) : House and The Future, and they enjoy mulling over the deeper meanings of the films.
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