A lot of my childhood memories are associated with newspapers. I grew up in the big city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where the delivery man used to slide the daily newspaper under the door of our apartment every day at 7 a.m. Me and my brother would immediately rush to pick up the sports page, my mother the fashion pages and my father the front page. There was no Internet or cable news in that city during that time, making newspapers the only sources of news. When my grandfather grew too old to read, he used to ask me to read aloud news from his favorite newspapers.
Now, on track to get the highest degree in journalism and communication, I feel that my thirst for reading and knowing has been inspired by that habit of waiting for newspapers in the …show more content…
Harris, once said, “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”. The post-modern view on education emphasizes promoting creativity, encouraging self-motivation and self-supervision, and empowerment of minority students, as opposed to the modernist view that perceives education as a man-power nurturing tool (Aronowitz, 1991). I think mass communication education should be aimed at promoting the students’ critical thinking skills, to make students capable of producing enriching media content, and to generate new knowledge. I have been aware of these goals when designing course materials, planning student engagement and managing classroom …show more content…
I find discussing communication theories as a very effective way to enhance critical insight of the students. After discussing a theory, I usually throw out a recent event or phenomena, and ask the students to discuss the application of the theory in that context. In the student papers, I always encourage student to write their own thoughts about the pertinence of the related theory/concept to judge their critical sense. In discussions, I tell students to openly state their value position or opinion and then give explanation for that. I believe rather than seeking conformity, a democratic society needs to embrace different types of opinions and values, and at the same time offer rooms for change and reaching
Now, on track to get the highest degree in journalism and communication, I feel that my thirst for reading and knowing has been inspired by that habit of waiting for newspapers in the …show more content…
Harris, once said, “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”. The post-modern view on education emphasizes promoting creativity, encouraging self-motivation and self-supervision, and empowerment of minority students, as opposed to the modernist view that perceives education as a man-power nurturing tool (Aronowitz, 1991). I think mass communication education should be aimed at promoting the students’ critical thinking skills, to make students capable of producing enriching media content, and to generate new knowledge. I have been aware of these goals when designing course materials, planning student engagement and managing classroom …show more content…
I find discussing communication theories as a very effective way to enhance critical insight of the students. After discussing a theory, I usually throw out a recent event or phenomena, and ask the students to discuss the application of the theory in that context. In the student papers, I always encourage student to write their own thoughts about the pertinence of the related theory/concept to judge their critical sense. In discussions, I tell students to openly state their value position or opinion and then give explanation for that. I believe rather than seeking conformity, a democratic society needs to embrace different types of opinions and values, and at the same time offer rooms for change and reaching