embracing chaos [theory of careers] · chaos theory of careers unpredictable/ uncertain/ nonlinear/...
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EMBRACING CHAOS [THEORY OF CAREERS]Christopher Mesaros, GCDF, CCSPThe Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
MAJOR IN?
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Chaos Theoryof Careers
unpredictable/ uncertain/ nonlinear/
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL PERSONAL
Work for an office on the Hill
Get my J.D. Buy a house by
age 30
Become a paralegal
Travel to all 50 states before 40
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*Don’t plan, prepare
*Understand transferable skills and competencies
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*Introduce ambiguity and problem solving before they leave campus
*Be honest about what we know and don’t know about the workforce
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bit.ly/AACUchaos
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How to teach. . .that’s easy
What to teach. . .that’s hard
A counterintuitive lesson learned from 28 years of teaching in liberal arts colleges. . .
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The willingness to ponder complex questions lengthily and deeply, and to grapple with thorny philosophical and moral issues.
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“My White Knight”
All I want is a plain man; all I want is a modest man,A quiet man, a gentle man,A straightforward and honest man to sit with meIn a cottage somewhere in the state of Iowa,And I would like him to be
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“My White Knight”
more interested in meThan he is in himself, and more interested in usThan in me.
And, if occasionally he’d ponder
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What made Shakespeare and Beethoven great,Him I could love till I die!Him I could love till I die!
“My White Knight”
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Even if
can’t be measured
it can be recognized
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Schneider’s Thoughtfulness Scale™
Not Thoughtful Thoughtful Very Thoughtful
Shows little evidence of pondering; self‐expression is crude and simplistic.
Shows some evidence of pondering; self‐expression is clear, but not sophisticated.
Shows ample evidence of deep pondering; self‐expression is eloquent, complex, and compelling.
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Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, made famous in the film Hidden Figures
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“All Things Higher Education”: Change Magazine and Higher
Education Publishing
David C. Paris, Executive Editor
Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
AAC&UJanuary 24, 2020
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY
(2)
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TWO GOALS
(1) SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION
(2) ADVOCATE FOR ADVOCACY, PUBLIC SCHOLAR(SHIP)
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WHAT IS CHANGE?(2)
(1)“ALL THINGS HIGHER EDUCATION”: FOR 50 YEARS+, ANY/EVERYTHING
(2) A MAGAZINE: PUNCHY, POPULAR, TO THE POINT
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CLASSICS(2)
(1) BARR & TAGG (1995): FROM TEACHING TO LEARNING—A NEW PARADIGM FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
(2) KUH, O’DONNELL & SCHNEIDER (2017): HIPs AT TEN
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RECENTS(2)
(1) IMAD (2019): IN THEIR OWN VOICE: RECLAIMING THE VALUE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES
(2) OEZLE (2019): #HASHTAG PEDAGOGIES: IMPROVING LITERACY AND COURSE RELEVANCE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA METAPHORS
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YOU CAN/SHOULD WRITE (2)
(1) (ALMOST) AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIED
(2) IT’S LIBERATING (FUN?)
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BUT WAIT (2)
(1) NOT MY ROLE 🤓
(2) ROI/P&T 😱
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GOAL #2 ADVOCATE FOR ADVOCACY, PUBLIC SCHOLAR(SHIP) (2)
(1) SOMETHING TO OFFER 🕯⚖
(2) SOMETHING THAT’S NEEDED🚨
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EXAMPLES, IDEAS(2)
(1) R. SMITH, IMIG, & K. SMITH (2019): STANDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
(2) KEZAR, DRIVALAS, & KITCHEN (2020): ENVISIONING PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUR TIME: MODELS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCHERS
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WHERE?(2)
(1) TRADITIONAL: MAGS, OP-EDS, RADIO-TV
(2) NEW: BLOGS, PODCASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA
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BOTH/AND(2)
(1) SCHOLAR/PUBLIC PRESENCE
(2) DON’T CONFUSE NEUTRALITY WITH OBJECTIVITY (ADVOCACY+ACCURACY)
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Failure Isn't Just an Option—It’s a way forward
Todd Butler
Associate Dean for Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences
Washington State University
@toddbutler
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How do our students learn?
What do they encounter in the world?
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Amy Edmondson, “Strategies for Learning from Failure,” Harvard Business Review April 2011
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Building a “learning culture”
• Consistently reporting failure
• Analyzing those failures that do occur
• Proactively looking for ways to experiment
Change the emotional and cognitive culture
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• Adjust our own emotional reactions
• Embrace the messengers
• Reconsider our language
• Talk about failures openly and regularly
Detoxify failure
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A failure of mine regarding equity(inspired by Dr. Shaun Harper)
Publicizing CLASPclasp.wsu.edu
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