July 11...The Final Post

Whose cv did you choose to scrutinize?  Please provide a several sentence description of the kind of work he/she does. What is remarkable about it? What sorts of experiences might you try to have in grad. school that might make it possible for you to have some similarities in career trajectory? What might make it tough?  (Note: this is an exercise designed to help you look into the future and in no way am I trying say you should become someone else's clone. My assumption is that you will carve out your own way, but that this way should be informed by knowing about the ways chosen by others).  

More Thinking about Theory...

We've done a lot of mucking around about theory. Now that we've talked and you've read all kinds of stuff and enjoyed some of the presentations based on Anyon, take a moment and revisit the Labaree article and the Stemhagen-Hytten piece. Both make the point that ed. school doc. students are frequently reluctant to engage with theory (the claim is that at times they are afraid of or hostile to it!). Please post on your current thinking about this claim and/or anything else related that the class might find interesting.