Jose Antonio Bowen Quotes & Sayings

Life has always been an open-book exam — Jose Antonio Bowen

We understand why it is better to teach a starving man to fish, but a repertoire course is worse than handing a a fish to a starving man. Our students are not starving; if anything, they are drowning in a sea of information. So a survey course is more like handing a giant box of chocolates to a fat, rich man. — Jose Antonio Bowen

If teaching is largely about faculty-student interaction, then we have to recognize that human interaction is changing. — Jose Antonio Bowen

Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time. — Jose Antonio Bowen

The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our students...find requests not to text during these activities strange, annoying, and downright silly. — Jose Antonio Bowen

Most faculty spend a lot of time thinking about content and what to cover, but content delivery is not the core strength of a university, just as it is not for newspapers. The core strength of a university is integration. — Jose Antonio Bowen

Are you fully convinced that what is familiar to you is really the better way? — Jose Antonio Bowen

The problem of teaching, therefore, is getting not the facts but the context from my brain to yours. — Jose Antonio Bowen