Talking to our prejudices
By Rhonda Dredge
Kate Just has just emerged from a lecture and she’s in a hurry. Her lecture notes are flapping and she’s still carrying a glass of water. She’s late for her next teaching session.
The life of an academic is not all peaceful pondering over big theoretical questions.
If you’re a lecturer in visual arts you have to keep your name out there.
In a knowledge-based industry such as higher ed, communication skills may be as important as technical ones. Students respond well to academics who can get their message across.
Dr Kate Just is undeniably a good communicator. When she finished her talk at Federation Hall last month, she invited hecklers to have their say. No-one took up her offer even though the hall was packed.
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