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jadesfireThe following is an acutal extract from the abstract of an article with the innocuous name "A window of opportunity: libraries in higher eduction."
"The lecture and online transmission of rapidly outdated content will continue to give way to a focus on the qualities required by students for employability and lifelong learning. Heavier and more diverse workloads on university teachers will encourage the disaggregation of their teaching. This will provide a window of opportunity for academic librarians to demonstrate their educational partnership role. They should contribute proactively to that disaggregation and, as a key accountability, to the development of information literate students."
I think someone swallowed a management-speak dictionary...
"The lecture and online transmission of rapidly outdated content will continue to give way to a focus on the qualities required by students for employability and lifelong learning. Heavier and more diverse workloads on university teachers will encourage the disaggregation of their teaching. This will provide a window of opportunity for academic librarians to demonstrate their educational partnership role. They should contribute proactively to that disaggregation and, as a key accountability, to the development of information literate students."
I think someone swallowed a management-speak dictionary...
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-03 06:21 pm (UTC)But they do use 'proactively' which is my absolute turn-off of a word. Should be banned from all management books.
I get the feeling the next two months are going to be full of things like this, but if anyone catches the word 'proactive' in my dissertation, they have my permission to shoot me...
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:51 pm (UTC)As in 'We must leverage our core competencies and synergistic partners to ensure stockholder value.' *shiver*
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:53 pm (UTC)How can they do that to a poor defenceless little noun? I mean, it's bad enough when gerunds are abused, but they're a rare species and very few people have seen them in their natural habitat. But there's no excuse for that. *shudder*
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Date: 2007-07-03 07:01 pm (UTC)Don't get me started on the spoken language and pronunciation!
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-03 06:55 pm (UTC)*runs away clutching dictionary for protection*
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-03 06:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-03 06:46 pm (UTC)