“Give It Your Best Shot!”: Address to Columbia College Students Elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society

This article presents the address delivered by the author to Columbia college students elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society on May 18, 2009. In the address, the author talks about the work he had done that might be of interest to these students. He emphasizes two kinds of work that are interlocking...

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Published inStudies in American Indian literatures Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 76 - 83
Main Author Kroeber, Karl
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 01.07.2012
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Adolescents
Brain
Children
Citizen Participation
College presidents
College Students
Colleges & universities
Emotional Response
Ethics
Graduate Students
Imagination
Learning Processes
Life sciences
Literary Criticism
Military service
Neurosciences
Older Adults
Scholarship
Social Influences
Society
Student Reaction
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching (Occupation)
Truth
Universities
Young Adults
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Summary:This article presents the address delivered by the author to Columbia college students elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society on May 18, 2009. In the address, the author talks about the work he had done that might be of interest to these students. He emphasizes two kinds of work that are interlocking, yet distinct: (1) teaching; and (2) scholarship. He illustrates how he teaches--which is not to pass on old prejudices but to press irritating and provocative inquiries so as to raise new questions and unexpected possibilities. He thinks this helps students to learn, and learning is very different from getting educated, because learning only occurs when the intelligence and emotions are fired up, self-energized to leap forward.
ISSN:0730-3238
1548-9590
DOI:10.5250/studamerindilite.24.2.0076