OCTOBER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER
Honolulu Community College - University of Hawaii
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Volume 5 No. 1 October 15, 1995
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
Welcome all! This marks the fifth year that our Faculty
Development (FD) Committee has published a Newsletter here at Honolulu
Community College. This year's format will remain the same as past years
with informative articles, news, and the Faculty Spotlight section. The
Newsletter will be published four times this year and will be accessible
through HCC's HomePage on the World Wide Web. Notices will be posted in
the Weekly Bulletin and around campus whenever a new issue is published.
A hardcopy of the Newsletter will be posted in the mailroom and the
Faculty Resource Corner of the Library for your reading. If you wish to
receive a hardcopy of the Newsletter, please let me know, and I will see
that you receive one as soon as they are published.
As we reach this point in the semester, the FD Committee hopes
that all of you are having a productive, exciting, and enjoyable year.
Once again we welcome and appreciate ideas and comments that will assist
the committee in offering a comprehensive and systematic approach to
faculty development. Please send your ideas to me or any member of the
committee. Our members for 1995-1996 include;
Grace Ihara, Lecturer, Division I
Kathy Kamakaiwi, Assistant Professor, Division II
Pat Gooch, Instructor, Division II
Lei Lani Hinds, Assistant Professor, Division III
Elizabeth Sakamaki, Instructor, Division III
Ivan Nitta, Instructor, Division IV
Wayne Lewis, Instructor, Division V
Mike Jennings, Instructor, Division VI
Shanon Miho, Counselor, Division VII
Evelyn Puaa, Division VIII
Ramsey Pedersen, Administration Liaison
Jane Tompkins authored an article entitled "The Way We Live Now"
in Change, November-December, 1992. In the article she describes her
desire for a career in academia as "a daily joy of working with students
and colleagues in a close, interactive and nurturing community." She
laments the reality of her academic life as one where faculty, staff, and
students are autonomously busy with individual achievements and work, and
where little time and energy are spent building supportive and mutually
reinforcing human relations.
With busy and constantly changing lives, both here and away from
HCC, and with continuous pressure to do more and more with less and less,
we have an even greater need to provide each other support and help build
a nurturing community here. The activities, programs, projects, and
presentations presented by the Faculty Development Committee this
upcoming year will serve many purposes. Many will be aimed at helping
you keep up on cutting-edge knowledge and dynamic delivery methodologies
to successfully transmit information to your students. Others, will
assist you in keeping up with the latest developments in your disciplines
and new pedagogical techniques. All are designed to help build our sense
of community here at HCC. Join us when and where you can, and let's all
do our part in helping HCC be a close, interactive, and nurturing community.
Jerry Cerny
FD Coordinator
FACULTY GUIDEBOOK
Since HCC's accreditation review in 1989, our goal on campus has
been to complete a viable and informative Faculty Guidebook. The Faculty
Development Committee undertook this project last year. A table of
contents was offered by former Acting Assistant Dean Brian Isaacson.
This table of contents was expanded and modified and individual topics
were assigned to the various members of the committee. The majority of
topics have been completed and linked onto the guidebook.
The guidebook is accessible through the World Wide Web. You can
use Netscape (if your computer has it) for full picture, sound, and
graphics or lynx (typed at the pulua prompt) for text only access to the
Web. Click "Faculty Information" in the "Campus Information" paragraph
of the HCC HomePage to view and use the guidebook.
We hope that our guidebook is a dynamic one. If you have any
ideas, suggestions, comments, or additions to it, there are several
clickable direct e-mail links to Jerry Cerny, Faculty Development
Coordinator, throughout the guidebook. Click there and leave him a message.
TEACHING AND LEARNING STYLES: WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME!
Some understanding of teaching and learning styles, as explained by Myers
Briggs Type Theory, can make us more effective teachers.
By Susan A. Holton
In the first class, Professor Holton gives a detailed syllabus,
noting exactly what will be covered every day of the semester, complete
with all assignments and tests.
In the next class, Professor Snyders says that they will study
classical rhetoric, beginning with Ptahhotpe and going as far as they can
get in one semester.
In one class, the students must turn in a paper on the assigned
date, or face a one grade deduction for each day the paper is late; in
another, the paper is due on - or around - the assigned date.
Students are experts at adaptation. From elementary school
through college, they encounter vastly different types of teachers. The
results of some research on personality type and teaching show that at
each level of education, from elementary school through college, the
predominate personality type of teachers changes. What that means to the
student is that she or he is going to have to adapt to the different
approaches of teaching and expectations for learning - or fail.
I believe that some understanding of teaching and learning
styles, as explained by Myers Briggs Type Theory, can make us more
effective teachers. How can type theory help us in the classroom? It can
enable us to understand the learning style differences of our students,
and to adapt our material to them.
An unexpected joy for me this "season" is that I am going to
teach classical rhetorical theory again. My "druthers" would be to have a
group of enthusiastic young scholars, all of whom revel in a
participative analysis of Phaedrus and a comparison of the rhetoric of
Plato and Aristotle. But I must face reality - and acknowledge that many
are not going to relish my version of the Socratic method.
So I can use type theory to relate more effectively to the myriad
of types in my classroom.
First I must realize that my students are either "Introverts" or
"Extroverts." The introverts are energized from within; the extroverts
from without. In classical terms, the introverts would agree that the
"unexamined life is not worth living;" the extroverts would argue (with
apologies to Socrates) that the "unlived life is not worth examining." In
order to meet the learning needs of both, I must provide a balance of
opportunities for group work, and for individual reflection. I need to
ask a question and give the students a minute (yes, literally) to answer.
If I don't do that, then I'll have the extroverts answering each one and
the introverts left thinking about the answer to the first question while
I am on the third.
I need to also think about the ways in which the students take in
information. The "sensors" need concrete facts and details in order to
learn; the "intuitives" learn abstractly. If I am talking about life in
early Greece, I can to use filmstrips so that the "sensors" can literally
see what I am talking about. I need to point out the references to love -
or rhetoric - in the Phaedrus, and explain how I see the connection. In
fact, this type of metaphoric language is very difficult for the "sensor"
to understand. Because "intuitives" think in relationship and patterns
and symbology, these students will revel in the analysis of the charioteer.
Our behavior in class is seen very differently by students with
two different preferences for coming to a decision or making judgments. A
professor who has a preference for "thinking" will be logical and
analytical and will give few comments about the student's performance. On
the other hand, the professor with a preference for "feeling" will
praise, criticize, support and correct the student. A student with a
preference for "thinking" will not be satisfied with the praise,
criticism and support; a student who prefers "feeling" will be upset if
you only provide rational, logical analysis devoid of personal support.
The last of the preferences is for either "judging" or
"perceiving" as ways to interact with the world and to deal with time.
Those students with a preference for "judging" need structure and
guidelines. Those students appreciate the professor with the specific
guidelines. They are likely to have their work done on time if not early.
Those who prefer "perceiving" are more likely to feel imprisoned by
structure. The very thing that has made the first student happy will make
the second feel trapped! The student who prefers "perceiving" wants to
know that you are flexible.
As educators, we need to be aware of the differences in both
teaching styles and learning styles. Then we can adapt our
classroom work by first being aware of the differences in
learning by type, and next by gearing our work not just to the
students who are "just like me," but to the entire population who
appear before us - eyes brimming with curiosity, and minds ready
to engage in learning.
Dr. Susan A. Holton, is a Professor of Communication at
Bridgewater State College and Coordinator of the Massachusetts
Faculty Development Program. She was a co-founder of the Boston
Area Chapter of the Association of Psychological Type (APT), was
a former board member of the Northeast APT, and has presented
papers at the regional conferences.
For more information on Myers Briggs Type Theory, the author
recommends: People Types and Tiger Stripes by Gordon Lawrence, or
Please Understand Me by Kiersey and Bates. She also recommends
contacting the Association for Psychological Type, 2720 Northwest
6th St., Gainesville, FL 32609, 904-371-1853.
Reprinted with permission.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FUNDRAISER
For those of you who have purchased the Hawaii Entertainment
Book in the past, you know what a great deal it is. Not only do
you save money on travel, entertainment, and services here on
Oahu, but also throughout the whole state and on the Mainland.
The Aloha Airlines coupon in the book (buy one interisland
round-trip ticket and get one free) is worth more than the $38.00
price of the book. The Faculty Development Committee will use
the funds earned from these sales to purchase leis and light
refreshments at presentations throughout the year and again offer
two $250 Professional Development Awards to faculty in the
spring. Contact any Faculty Development Committee member to
purchase your book today.
TENURE AND PROMOTION
Congratulations to these HCC faculty who were granted tenure
and/or promotions:
Tenure and Promotion/Instructor to Assistant Professor
Rob Edmondson, Anthropology
Joan Gagnon, English
Kathy Kamakaiwi, Cosmetology
Lianne Nagano, The Learning Center
Earl Nakahara, The Learning Center
Gareth Nitchman, Administration of Justice
Paul Onomura, Diesel Mechanics
Ken Sullivan, Aeronautics
Milton Tadaki, Auto Body
Tenure
Mike Scafuri, Assistant Professor, The Learning Center
Promotion/Instructor to Assistant Professor
Stacey Rogers, Fire Science
Promotion/Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Mike Kaczmarski, Mathematics
Sharon Ota, Human Services
Gordon Pang, Electrical Installation and Maintenance
Fay Tamakawa, Mathematics
Promotion/Associate Professor to Professor
Nancy-Beth Au, Cosmetology
Ron Kaneshiro, Cooperative Education
Irene Mesina, Library
Janice Petersen, English
Marcia Roberts-Deutsch, Commercial Art
NEW FACULTY
Several faculty are new to our campus this semester. As you
meet our new colleagues, please welcome them to HCC. They
include;
Rose Andrada, ICS. Born and raised in Hawaii, Rose has joined
the HCC Academic Computing staff as an instructor and system
manager. She earned a BS in Math and an MS in Information and
Computer Science, both from UH-Manoa. Rose enjoys boogie
boarding, sailing, and scuba diving, and hopes to keep all the
bugs out of Pulua!
Joe Fujita, Graphic Art. Joe has transferred here to HCC after
teaching graphic art at Leeward CC for over 17 years. He
received his initial training in industry, was a journeyman
graphic artist, and has received training at the Graphic Artist
Technical Foundation in Pittsburgh. He enjoys fishing and
golfing (which he hasn't done for awhile) and is very busy
learning, developing new courses, and upgrading his computer
skills.
David Flagler, Marine Science. David is a visiting Associate
Professor on a one year leave of absence from Cape Fear Community
College in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he is the director
of the Boat Building program. David has been a consultant for
the past few years helping get our Marine Technology program off
the grond. He is spending his one year here setting up the
program and teaching the first group of Marine Tech students.
David is here with his family and enjoys sailing, reading and
playing the guitar.
Don Oka, AMT. Don is another transfer here arriving at HCC
after spending 9 years at Windward CC. For five years prior to
that Don was retired. He received his automotive training many
years ago in Los Angeles at West Coast University and from
General Motors in Detroit. Between 1954 and 1981 he owned and
operated Oka's Service and Repair. Don loves to spend his free
time golfing.
Allen Tateishi, RAC. Allen comes here to HCC after spending 17
years "in the field" in refrigeration and air conditioning repair
and maintenance. He began his training in the Army through
military schools and on the job training. For the past 13 years
he has been employed by Trans/Pacific Restaurants, Inc. Allen
spends his free time flying. He has both a fixed wing and a
helicopter license and has a friend who owns a plane that Allen
often flies.
FACULTY AND STAFF RETIREMENTS
If you are wondering why you have not seen several people around
campus this semester, you may have assumed that they were laid
off because of the state's fiscal crisis. Not so! They have
retired. Those retiring from HCC at the end of last semester
include: Grace Bush, Library Assistant, Nam Caravalho, Janitor,
Ron Chapman, Professor, Library, Norm Hallett, Professor,
History, Gloria Hooper, Professor, Language Arts, Janet Ishikawa,
Professor, Student Services, Kit Kowalke, Professor, Commercial
Art, Gail Matsuo, Clerk Steno, Human Services, Edith McKinzie,
Assistant Professor, Language Arts, Florence Omura, Account
Clerk, Institutional Support, Barbara Peterson, Professor,
History, Sigi Talbert, Library Assistant, and Annie Yamada,
Professor, Student Services.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
DIVISION I
Marcia Roberts-Deutsch, Professor, Division I Chair, (as Marcia
Morse) was again one of the invited artists for the recent annual
exhibition sponsored by the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of
Commerce. She will also be one of five artists in "Arts and
Letters," an exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts' Linekona
Center which opens November 7.
Reg Wood, Professor, Psychology, has been accepted as a Clinical
Respecialization student in the Department of Psychology at
UH-Manoa.
David Wong, Assistant Professor, Asian Studies once again
facilitated a class and accompanied his students to the Far East
this past summer. During their extensive travels and studies
they visited Burma, China, Thailand, and Singapore.
Ron Pine, Professor, Philosophy, has just had the second edition
of his logic book published - Essential Logic: Basic Reasoning
Skills for the 21st Century (Harcourt). This edition is the
first introduction book to have a chapter on Fuzzy Logic and to
discuss the influence of Asian philosophy on the development of
logic, artificial intelligence, and computers.
Tom Ohta, Professor, Geography, was recently honored by his
geography colleagues across the country by being elected
(nationally) as an Executive Planning Board Member of the
National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE), headquartered
in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He has been elected to a three-year
term (which begins on January 1, 1996) to serve on the
college-university division of the Curriculum and Instruction
Committee. To his knowledge he is the first Hawaii member to
have been elected to the Executive Board. The NCGE was recently
responsible for developing the National Standards of Geography,
which the C & I committee will be working to implement over the
next few years. Working on this committee will allow Tom to
provide input in the curriculum and instruction area which will
affect educators across the entire nation!
Rob Edmondson, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, attended the
National Education Association annual convention in Minneapolis
as a representative of UHPA this past summer.
DIVISION II
This past summer, Nancy-Beth Au, Professor, Cosmetology,
attended classes at the International Dermal Institute. While
there, she consulted with one of the directors and several of the
instructors regarding offering future courses in skin care at the
post graduate level. The Dermalogical line of products will be
used and offered on a limited basis in the Cosmetology
Department soon.
Jess Aki, Instructor, Cosmetology, was recently appointed the
"Look Good....Feel Better" coordinator for the state of Hawaii.
The "Look Good....Feel Better" program has its Regional
Conference in Atlanta , Georgia, this past September. Each
state's 3-person team was brought together at the conference for
the purpose of standardizing the program from state to state.
"Look Good....Feel Better" is an all volunteer, product neutral,
and free of charge grooming workshop program for cancer patients
throughout the state of Hawaii
Kathy Kamakaiwi, Assistant Professor, Cosmetology, recently
offered a Fantasy Makeup Class and Workshop for the Hawaii State
Cosmetology Association. At the class, her students learned step
by step application of dramatic special effects and character
application of aging makeup, created convincing wounds, and
utilized wax to build up realistic noses.
DIVISION III
Nobuko Pugarelli, Professor, Japanese, received a travel grant
from the Research Council, UH-Manoa to present a paper at the
Annual Conference of Asian Studies of the Pacific Coast in Forest
Grove, Oregon, this summer. Her paper was titled "Oe Kenzaburo
and the Fifty-Year Postwar Period." It traced Oe's major themes
ranging from human sexuality to political injustice expressed
through the points of view of his characters, particularly his
protagonists. Nobuko analyzed Oe's novels which he produced in
great numbers year after year, culminating with a Nobel prize in
1994, and drew a conclusion on social situations in Japan for the
past fifty years as perceived by Oe.
DIVISION IV
Milton Tadaki, Assistant Professor, Auto Body Repair and
Painting, attended the Hawaii Great Teacher's Seminar which was
again held at the Kilauea Military Camp at Volcano National Park
on the Big Island this summer.
Paul Allen, Associate Professor, Automotive Technology, attended
the week long international conference of the National
Association of College Automotive Teachers (NACAT) at Spokane
Community College in Washington this summer. College and
industry automotive educators from Canada and the U.S. attended.
The conference included the usual workshops and seminars and an
industry trade show.
DIVISION V
Sheila Yoder, Associate Professor, Mathematics, attended the
Hawaii Great Teacher's Seminar which was again held at the
Kilauea Military Camp at Volcano National Park on the Big Island
this summer.
How does a refrigerator work? Rick Brill, Assistant Professor,
Natural Science, answered this question in his science column
recently in the Sunday paper. Watch for this column in the paper
the first Sunday of the every month.
DIVISION VII
Rona Wong, Counselor, Career Center, attended the Annual
Conference of the National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education
in Boise, Idaho, this summer. At the conference Hawaii's Aloha
Chapter of NCSEE was installed as the first regional chapter of
the coalition.
HCC has been awarded a three year federal grant from the
Department of Education to close caption our telecourses.
Involved in this project include Rona Wong, Beryl Morimoto, Lorri
Taniguchi, Rob Edmondson, Beng Poh Yoshikawa, Jon Blumhardt,
Margaret Haig, and Kathy Damon. Technical assistance is being
received from several community and agency members.
Sharoh Moore, Career Counselor, has been on loan to Kapiolani
Community College for a couple of years. She has recently
accepted a permanent position on their campus. Although we are
sad to see here go, we wish her the very best of luck at KCC.
DIVISION VIII
Several of our HCC colleagues attended the Hawaii Educational
Resource Network (HERN) Institute this summer. It included two
weeks of very intensive training on the World Wide Web,
developing HomePages, and networking with others doing the same.
Those attending included Beng Poh Yoshikawa, TLC Coordinator, Jim
Hein, Instructor Aeronautics and Division IV Chair, Phil Hubbard,
Associate Professor, Physics, Jon Blumhardt, EMC Director, Bill
Rothe, Assistant Professor Aeronautics, Ken Johnson, Coop Ed
Coordinator, and Mark Schindler, Associate Professor Physics.
Contact any if you want assistance in setting up a HomePage or
doing other work on the World Wide Web.
Jerry Cerny, Instructor, Office of Special Programs and
Community Service, attended the Annual Conference of the National
Coalition for Sex Equity in Education in Boise, Idaho, this
summer. At the conference Hawaii's Aloha Chapter of NCSEE was
installed as the first regional chapter of the coalition.
Evelyn Puaa, Instructor, The Learning Center, was invited to
participate as a member of the staff at the Hawaii Great
Teacher's Seminar which was again held at the Kilauea Military
Camp at Volcano National Park on the Big Island this summer.
Richard Brown, Coordinator, Apprenticeship, while attending
graduate classes at the Graduate School of Education at the
University of Nevada at Las Vegas, attended the UNLV conference
on Critical Thinking. He also attended the National Education
Association annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the
Western Apprenticeship Coordinator Association annual
international conference in Portland, Oregon. Richard recently
got married and spend two months and traveled 12,000 miles by car
with his new bride this summer. He wished to report that he is
still married!
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If your activities/news were not included in the Faculty
Spotlight and you wish them to be, pass the information on to any
FD Committee member. The information will be included in the
next issue of the Faculty Development Newsletter.
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This newsletter was organized and published by your HCC Faculty
Development Committee. Members: Jerry Cerny, (Coordinator,
Co-editor), Wayne Lewis, (Co-editor), Grace Ihara, Kathy
Kamakaiwi, Pat Gooch, Lei Lani Hinds, Elizabeth Sakamaki, Ivan
Nitta, Mike Jennings, Shanon Miho, and Evelyn Puaa.
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