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Syllabus as Contract, Syllabus as Charter

Posted on September 19, 2016January 21, 2018 by Richard Newton

Beneath the fine print are tells from which the student gets a sense of your expectations for the learning experience--good, bad, and ugly.

Posted in TeachingTagged Academia, anthropology, Classroom, college, higher ed, higher education, language, music, pedagogy, suzuki, syllabi, syllabus, TeachingLeave a comment

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