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TEACHING FROM PAGE 1 of that is their own reflection and the entire curriculum that they go the follow on course is impacted. There’s not many people here,”
of releasing comments to relevant self-evaluation, and this is used through,” Ferri said. “Right now The students in that course are Ferri noted, looking around the
administrators, 41 voted against in their own annual evaluation we have the faculty involved in impacted. The professor in the room. “And I assume that CIOS
the proposal, and 23 indicated but also in promotion and other approving courses, approving the follow on course is impacted, and is really — important to people.”
that they were not sure,” accord- ways,” De Stefano said. “This is syllabi of courses, approving all of has to spent time reviewing stuff.” “And also from the SGA, from
ing to the September 2017 task the first year that we’ve done it, so those things on the front end, but Despite the critical nature of the student’s perspective — we
force report. the jury is a little bit out on what nothing on the back end. the discussion, only a few people want them to participate in this
Cited as the largest concern kind of things that we’re seeing “I mean you could have for ex- attended the town hall. as well,” Ferri said, beckoning to
among faculty is that sexist or there with the longer term out- ample a rogue professor who just “We sent out notice on this the students in the audience. “We
racist comments that students comes.” goes off script and doesn’t teach town hall to the deans, associ- need that.
write about female and minority Ferri argued teaching a student the syllabus,” Ferri continued. “So ate deans, and all the chairs, and Other town halls will be held
faculty members — or simply the requires a village of instructors. then those students go on to an- asked the chairs to send them to on Feb. 1, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the
combined weight of their implicit “Teaching students — educat- other course, because it’s a prereq- their — all of the students and Student Center Theater, and Feb.
biases — would be elevated to be ing students is a larger thing. It’s uisite. And now that instructor in faculty in their departments. 5. in Student Center, Room 320.
seen by administrators, and there-
by affect decisions like promotion
and tenure.
Currently, there are multiple
issues that could reduce the effec-
tiveness of CIOS as metric. Most
importantly, DeStefano cited that
there were “huge fluctuations” in
CIOS response rates between sec-
tors. Additionally, half of instruc-
tors receive an average of 4.7 or
above on the overall effectiveness
question — raising questions of
TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS
inflation.
Either way, there is an active is-
sue of how faculty members who
consistently fall on the lower tail
end of the CIOS distribution.
DeStefano emphasized that
CIOS and other student evalua-
tions must be incorporated into a
larger framework of self and peer
evaluation in order for faculty
members to assess and improve
their teaching abilities.
“If you look at the general
literature on teaching effective-
ness, the consensus — general,
widely stated consensus — is that
to get a good picture of teach-
ing evaluation you have to have
sort of a triangulation of student Currently, students give
Peer evaluation involves
opinions, student evaluations, self feedback to instructors
other faculty members
evaluation and peer evaluation,” through CIOS, but these
DeStefano said. giving input on how to
Currently, it is at faculty happen at the end of the
For self evaluation, one recent- improve another’s teach-
members’ discretion wheth- semester and are only
ly started program is to have Tech ing.
lecturers submit teaching portfo- er to read CIOS or not, and shared with the course
lios, something that potentially whether to implement instructor.
Discussed options:
could be expanded to academic Create a standard method changes because of CIOS
professionals and tenure-track results. Self-evaluation is Discussed options: Mid-
of class observations by
faculty in promotion procedures. a key aspect of producing semester survey, add feed-
“Right now, lecturers are re- other faculty.
change. back forms on departmen-
quired to put together a portfo- tal websites, share CIOS
lio, and it includes evidence of
teaching like student feedback, Discussed options: Have with deans and school
CIOS, or other kind of comments faculty write teaching port- chairs.
that they have, peer evaluation, Design by Lauren Douglas Student Publications folio/personal statement.
awards, and then layered on top
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FILM
Glass
GENRE: Action
STARRING: Samuel L.
Jackson, Bruce Willis, James
McAvoy
DIRECTOR: M. Night
Shyamalan
RATING: PG-13
RELEASE DATE: Jan. 18
Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures
James McAvoy plays Kevin Crumb, a criminal with a personality disorder that sometimes gives him super powers, in M. OUR TAKE: «««««
Night Shyamalan’s new film ‘Glass.’ Anna Taylor-Joy stars as Casey Cook, one of Crumb’s former kidnapping victims.
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SHOOTER FROM PAGE 12 never know from the size of the the singer appeared and proceed- Jennings proved that his music Fans of outlaw country need
crowd, which nearly exceeded the ed through his set. does not fall short of the legacy not worry that this music will fade
“Bound Ta Git Down”. The im- venue’s capacity. The quality and heart seen that his father Waylon Jennings away as long artists like Jennings
mediate swing into things set the With that being said, the in the performances of the band left behind. Honest lyrics and tra- continue producing albums like
mood for the rest of the perfor- space could have been a bit bet- members made the night’s earlier ditional country sounds that har- “Shooter”. The future of this genre
mance, and it was evident that the ter tailored for a room full of tipsy tensions worth fighting through, ken back to Willie Nelson show looks exceptionally bright with
homely nature of the song would adults. Though tension due to low and the acoustics in the old ware- that Jennings is unafraid to cling Jennings. Jennings’ tour across the
carry into the rest of the set. space was present during the wait house space served the string in- to his roots despite a poppy turn United States will continue until
Songs like the more popular for Jennings, this calmed down as struments well. in modern country music. May 2019.
“Rhinestone Eyes” matched the
nature of the stage, which was sur-
rounded by string lights and red
velvet curtains. Although simple,
this reinforced the heartfelt, un-
derproduced sound of the music.
Looking back to his open-
ing acts, Jennings served as the
perfect combination of the two
— the songs’ ambient instrumen-
tals augmented the effect of his
smooth yet earthy notes. The hard
attitudes and traditional country
sounds of the previous perfor-
mances were especially present in
songs like “D.R.U.N.K.”.
This song was evidently a
crowd favorite, especially given
the cheers to lyrics like “Raise a
glass to a rugged life ruined / Oh,
pop a top and celebrate”. The au-
dience swayed in unison to Jen-
nings’s charismatic singing of slow
days spent in benevolent drinking.
Later, the singer assured the
audience of his nickname in a
lively performance of “The Gun-
slinger.” Allusions to this song
were notably mentioned earlier in
the night by Them Dirty Roses,
and the audience showed its ap-
preciation of the inclusion of the
song in Jennings’s set with cheers.
As a whole, the concert was
worthwhile. Though outlaw coun- Photo courtesy of Elektra
try is not a popular genre of music The Nashville, Tenn. native has had a prolific 18 year long career putting out old school outlaw country music,
in a city like Atlanta, you would fueled by musical influences including Willie Nelson, Hank Williams and, of course, his father Waylon Jennings.
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DANCE FROM PAGE 12 sion. The show purports to be “a ther not at all or in an on-the-nose doing it through an audio record- are some segments of live spoken-
celebration of the vulnerability fashion which can almost be a ing is slightly creative, but the rest word poetry which expand upon
dancers who clearly care deeply and strength of humanity” that little insulting to the viewer. of the show must then support the topic, but it is difficult for the
for the work they are doing. Most aims to take “a provocative look at For instance, an audio record- that thesis and expand upon it viewer to identify the contribution
students probably have very little homelessness and gentrification in ing of a man saying that humans through all of the artistic elements which the dancing itself makes to
experience with modern dance, the Metro Atlanta area.” need “love” above all else is played present. The thesis statement can- the conversation.
and “Skid” seems a great intro- This central theme is at times repeatedly throughout the show, not itself also be the bulk of the Sure, the dancing follows the
duction to the unique art. addressed subtly and artistically forming the thesis statement of argument presented by a show. music in tone, tempo and style,
Where “Skid” comes up short by the song choices in the show, the work. Bluntly stating the idea The songs do a great job of but beyond simply mirroring the
is in its execution of its artistic vi- while at others it is addressed ei- of the show like this is fine, and supporting the thesis, and there sounds, it does not add much
depth to the messages the viewer
picks up on.
Experts on modern dance
would likely tell the viewer that he
is missing the point of just about
everything and that every aspect
of the dancing has deep signifi-
cance to the themes of the show,
but it is hard for a layperson to be-
lieve that a room full of such ex-
perts would reach any consensus
on the meaning of the dancing.
Certainly, art should be open
to interpretation to some ex-
tent, but the dancing in “Skid”
is so open that it is probably best
viewed as a purely aesthetic art.
Focusing on aesthetics is fine,
and the interpretive nature of
“Skid” is probably largely a limi-
tation of the medium of dance
rather than due to the quality of
the specific show. Still, the the-
ater claims that the show exam-
ines homelessness, gentrification
and other themes, making it
fair to hold the dancing to some
artistic standard.
None of this is to say that
“Skid” is anything other than a
wonderfully enjoyable show. It is
beautiful, engaging and enthrall-
ing. What’s more, it has a mes-
sage to offer its viewers, even if it
is conveyed almost exclusively by
the music and spoken word.
Considering that “Skid” is the
Komanse Dance Theater’s first
ever show, Brown and her troupe
did an incredible job. If the group
can manage to show at least a frac-
tion of the energy and enthusiasm
they exhibited in their first effort
Photo courtesy of Komanse Dance Theater in future shows, whatever they
The Komanse dance group was founded less than a year ago by Raianna Brown, a Tech student who also studies dance at Emory put out next will most likely be
University. Brown and her colleagues aim to use dance to address a variety of social issues surrounding race and class in the U.S. well worth checking out.
16 • February 1, 2019• technique // COMICS
SARAH’S SCRIBBLES BY SARAH ANDERSEN PEARLS BEFORE SWINE BY STEPHEN PASTIS
SUDOKU PUZZLE
BY SUDOKUCOLLECTION.COM
18 • February 1, 2019• technique // SPORTS