Comments on: Students Get College Credit For Playing Guitar Hero? http://collegeisforsuckers.com/2009/09/students-get-college-credit-for-playing-guitar-hero/ The FIRST College Guide You Should Read Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:27:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://collegeisforsuckers.com/2009/09/students-get-college-credit-for-playing-guitar-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-2475 Matthew Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:57:30 +0000 http://collegeisforsuckers.com/?p=290#comment-2475 The walking class I'm most skeptical about - but beyond that, I think that if you're of the opinion that a college education should instill, not just specific information, but critical thinking skills, then anything and everything should be able to become the object of that critical thinking. If done well, these course could be very effective (though I'm a psychologist, so I realize there's a world of difference between a cognitive scientist teaching a "... and human cognition" class and an American Studies prof teaching the same). Of course, I'll concede that probably only a fraction of these are well executed. If a student requires THAT much of a gimmick to get into their classes, maybe college isn't for them? The walking class I’m most skeptical about – but beyond that, I think that if you’re of the opinion that a college education should instill, not just specific information, but critical thinking skills, then anything and everything should be able to become the object of that critical thinking. If done well, these course could be very effective (though I’m a psychologist, so I realize there’s a world of difference between a cognitive scientist teaching a “… and human cognition” class and an American Studies prof teaching the same).

Of course, I’ll concede that probably only a fraction of these are well executed. If a student requires THAT much of a gimmick to get into their classes, maybe college isn’t for them?

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