By Sherman Dorn on January 27, 2008
When reading Profgrrrrl‘s account of two admiring students’ comments, which left her in very different places afterwards, I had the same reaction as she did. Very briefly, one student projected a whole bunch of assumptions onto Profgrrrrl’s life, while the other didn’t. Projections are dangerous, especially when you’re doing it because you’re trying to reach […]
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Active listening can be too active
By Sherman Dorn on January 27, 2008
When reading Profgrrrrl‘s account of two admiring students’ comments, which left her in very different places afterwards, I had the same reaction as she did. Very briefly, one student projected a whole bunch of assumptions onto Profgrrrrl’s life, while the other didn’t. Projections are dangerous, especially when you’re doing it because you’re trying to reach […]
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