Dave-- "pedagogy" is a film of protective covering that teachers spray on before they enter the classroom--kinda like a kevlar vest is to a cop. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ray Golden <d.r.golden@xxxxxxx> Date: Thursday, September 1, 2005 11:23 am Subject: Re: Back in the saddle . . . > Kathleen, hang in there. It could be worse--you could be in > Wyoming, > where Dick Cheney, cattle, and oil (thank you all very much for > paying > so much for gas--I'm expecting a HUGE raise this year) all reign > unchallenged. Wyoming, where even I feel like a liberal. > > And Natalie, stop talking about all the books you're reading for > your > dissertation. It just points out to me how badly I'm slacking. I > have read a grand total of ONE sample dissertation, and it took me > 100 > pages to realize it wasn't in the traditional format and was > therefore > useless to me as a model. I did get to read the word "pedagogy" > about > a thousand times, though. What is pedagogy, anyway? Is this a > term I > should be familiar with before I start my own dissertation? :) > > DAVE > >