From: Benjamin Mako Hill Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 02:06:37 +0000 (-0400) Subject: fix a few tiny typos X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/bmh-teaching_statement/commitdiff_plain/34f1885dac35ac92e4f0236bd0ac4385ed57cf0b?ds=inline;hp=0d3a78aa1d4a5dd7b0ec485297956423832f715c fix a few tiny typos --- diff --git a/teaching_statement.tex b/teaching_statement.tex index 5178631..9c2381b 100644 --- a/teaching_statement.tex +++ b/teaching_statement.tex @@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ be like me.'' In much of higher education -- and in graduate and professional teaching in particular -- this relationship breaks down. In business schools, where I teach most often, lectures are given by professors -trained as academic sociologists, economists, and psychologists. Very -few MBAs become social scientists. I have seen how a failure to -recognize this dynamic can lead to a lack of respect and connection -between teachers and students treated as, ``the folks who pay the -bills.'' +trained as academic sociologists, economists, and psychologists. Of +course, very few MBAs become social scientists. I have seen how a +failure to recognize this dynamic can lead to a lack of respect and +connection between teachers and students treated as, ``the folks who +pay the bills.'' Business school has also shown me that teaching that overcomes this dynamic can lead to transformative learning. Teaching across @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Professor Eric von Hippel's lecture courses on innovation where I have worked closely with students on the design and evaluation of their course projects. In these classes, I have developed, delivered, and refined a series of ninety-minute lectures as a guest lecturer. These -lectures include a lecture on online innovation communities, a case +lectures include a session on online innovation communities, a case study of consumer ``hacking'' of Canon cameras, and a practical lecture on attracting participants to online communities. @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Graduate --- \item \emph{Social Computing}: The theory, analysis, and design of large scale, computer-mediated social systems. Final projects will challenge students execute a study of an existing community or to - design or create a new systems. + design or create a new system. \end{enumerate*}