Mike Wesch: How Students Learn
What does Mike Wesch believe about how students learn? How does he act on those beliefs? In his talk, Mike Wesch discusses what learning looks like in his college classroom. He began the talk discussing how there was an overwhelming sense of disconnection in his classroom when he first became teaching college students. The students were passive, bored, and seemed to have an attitude of “needing to get through” rather than truly wanting to be there and wanting to learn. He noted that students read less than half of what they were assigned, felt like nothing was relevant, paid for class and didn't show up, paid for textbooks and didn't read them, and felt overall like their time was being wasted. He remembers noticing a clear sense of disconnection among his students, and that when he was around other professors, he heard negative perspectives on students. He noted that many professors said “some people just aren’t cut out for school.” He noted how shocking this mentality is, y...
