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01Undated

Life has always been an open-book exam

José Antonio Bowen / quote

02Undated

If teaching is largely about faculty-student interaction, then we have to recognize that human interaction is changing.

José Antonio Bowen / quote

03Undated

The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our students...find requests not to text during these activities strange, annoying, and downright silly.

José Antonio Bowen / quote

04Undated

Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time.

José Antonio Bowen / quote

05Undated

We understand why it is better to teach a starving man to fish, but a repertoire course is worse than handing a a fish to a starving man. Our students are not starving; if anything, they are drowning in a sea of information. So a survey course is more like handing a giant box of chocolates to a fat, rich man.

José Antonio Bowen / quote

06Undated

The problem of teaching, therefore, is getting not the facts but the context from my brain to yours.

José Antonio Bowen / quote