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"That’S Not What I Said": Communication Gaps In Advising, Ann Lieberman Colgan
"That’S Not What I Said": Communication Gaps In Advising, Ann Lieberman Colgan
Interdisciplinary Studies and Academic Support Faculty Publications
The ability to comprehend, act upon, and disseminate essential communication plays a critical part in student success in higher education. Yet many faculty, staff, and administrators can recollect dozens of stories about students who missed important information, and the resulting consequences ranged from hilarious to tragic. Therefore, academic advisers must read the signposts of missing comprehension; advisers must detect students’ selective hearing, partial reading, or limited grasp of complex, detailed instructions. Acquiring diagnostic skills, including practices from other disciplines, enables advisers to engage students in an I-You dialog where the adviser actively participates in the student’s understanding.
Think About It: Philosophy And Dialogic Advising, Ann Lieberman Colgan
Think About It: Philosophy And Dialogic Advising, Ann Lieberman Colgan
Interdisciplinary Studies and Academic Support Faculty Publications
Effective advising requires practitioners to engage in analysis of theory and practice. Philosophical underpinnings regarding notions of self can shape the advising encounter and determine the level of receptiveness of advisors toward the whole student. A brief review of Western philosophies of the self provides context for Martin Buber's radical dialogic philosophy of the self. Buber offered a foundation for an overarching theory of advising and addressed the selection and timing of particular advising methods in response to students. His idea of the dialogic self, I-You, consists of powerful, relational encounters with the other. Advisors bring an openness to students' …