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My Freshman Year

What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student

By Rebekah Nathan

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| Paperback | 9780143037477

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A revealing look at the college freshman experience, from an insider's point of view

After fifteen years of teaching anthropology at a large university, Rebekah Nathan had become baffled by her own students. Their strange behavior—eating meals at their desks, not completing readContinue

A revealing look at the college freshman experience, from an insider's point of view

After fifteen years of teaching anthropology at a large university, Rebekah Nathan had become baffled by her own students. Their strange behavior—eating meals at their desks, not completing reading assignments, remaining silent through class discussions—made her feel as if she were dealing with a completely foreign culture. So Nathan decided to do what anthropologists do when confused by a different culture: Go live with them. She enrolled as a freshman, moved into the dorm, ate in the dining hall, and took a full load of courses. And she came to understand that being a student is a pretty difficult job, too. Her discoveries about contemporary undergraduate culture are surprising and her observations are invaluable, making My Freshman Year essential reading for students, parents, faculty, and anyone interested in educational policy.

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  • although the author's observations are quite "ordinary", it is the methodology and the difficulties nand solutions in conduicting an ethnographical research from the author that impressives me!

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 208 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0143037471
  • ISBN-13: 9780143037477
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
  • Pub date: Jul 25, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
  • In other languages: other languages 繁體書
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