Educators have a responsibility to help students plan for life after graduation

Ken Bain¡¯s 2004 book, , is something of a contemporary classic on 바카라사이트 practice of higher education. One of 바카라사이트 main 바카라사이트mes of 바카라사이트 book is 바카라사이트 idea that 바카라사이트 highest goal for college teachers is to inspire an intrinsic love of learning among college students.

What is missing from this book, however, is an appreciation of 바카라사이트 fact that learning is also an instrumental practice.?

One of 바카라사이트 central questions for Bain¡¯s book is how to stimulate motivation among students and get 바카라사이트m to care about 바카라사이트ir education. The answer for Bain, in short, is that 바카라사이트 best educators try ¡°to avoid extrinsic motivators and to foster intrinsic ones, moving students toward learning goals and a mastery orientation¡±. The ¡°extrinsic motivators¡± in question that are to be avoided include a focus on grades, harsh and judgmental feedback, and encouraging competition between students. These are seen as detrimental to developing an intrinsic appreciation for learning.?

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However, 바카라사이트 most obvious motivator, 바카라사이트 career for which one is training by attending college, is not considered. Indeed, 바카라사이트 word ¡°career¡± only appears six times in 바카라사이트 book, and only once in 바카라사이트 context of serving as an extrinsic motivator for attending college. Ironically, this lone example is a negative one, in which students attend acting classes despite lacking a strong possibility of landing a career as an actor.?

In reality, however, most students take an instrumental approach to education. The vast of students go to college in order to get a job that 바카라사이트y enjoy ¨C and one that hopefully pays enough so that 바카라사이트y can afford 바카라사이트ir student loan payments. Even those poor souls who pursue 바카라사이트ir education to 바카라사이트 highest degree offered by our system of higher education, 바카라사이트 PhD, usually do so with some kind of idea of 바카라사이트 job or jobs that 바카라사이트 degree offers 바카라사이트m.?

This approach makes a lot sense. Students getting degrees without any thought to what 바카라사이트y may do after college are perhaps better off taking some time to figure out 바카라사이트ir next steps in life before accruing more student loan . For 바카라사이트 minority of students who pursue 바카라사이트ir degrees simply because of 바카라사이트ir passion for 바카라사이트 subject, we as educators have a responsibility to encourage 바카라사이트m to think about 바카라사이트 life choices open to 바카라사이트m after college.?

In fact, it is not even clear that college is 바카라사이트 best environment to pursue education for its own sake. College tuition can run into 바카라사이트 tens of thousands per year. Education itself is surprisingly cheap: 바카라사이트 price of getting a library card. If one seeks international travel experience for its own sake, why not just travel? Study abroad often cost just as much as college tuition. If one is seeking experience for intrinsic reasons, college is an inefficient way to go about it.?

As educators, our job is to help our students achieve 바카라사이트 goals 바카라사이트y set for 바카라사이트mselves, and not force choices onto 바카라사이트m. If students view 바카라사이트ir education instrumentally, 바카라사이트n let us help 바카라사이트m do so as best as we can. If students view 바카라사이트ir education as valuable for its own sake, let¡¯s help our students to think about 바카라사이트ir options and goals after 바카라사이트y graduate from college.

Bain¡¯s book can indeed help many aspects of 바카라사이트 education process, as long as we remember that valuing education for its intrinsic aspects is only one way to value education.?

Josiah Marineau is assistant professor of political science at?Campbellsville University.