Case study: assistant professor Patrick Holiday and Mr. Alex Pappadopoulos.

Abstract

Professor Holiday is an assistant professor that engages in dialog with one of his students in his lecture, Alex Pappadopoulos, which leads to a verbal blunder. While the blunder is retracted, the story develops into some fundamental questions that a professor may face in the classroom. Such questions that developed are: 1) How does a professor deal with an overzealous student? and, 2) Should assistant professors be held to strict professional standards, or can they, like others, be allowed to make mistakes? The case study consists of three sections--Case A, B, and C. To increase student participation three discussion questions are introduced, followed ...