Should creativity be fostered in universities? If so, to what extent? What is the right balance between innovation and adherence to traditional academic standards? This petition will allow these questions to be explored openly. Ioana Arbone, a PhD student in Social Behavioural Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Because her thinking and problem-solving approach is different, she wants to make sure that her examination proceeds fairly. This exam is usually private. She wants to record it and make it public. Sign this petition if you support Ioana's decision to record her qualifying exam and make it publicly available.
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I know Ioana very well. She has worked really hard on her project. I find her thoughts and hypothesis very plausible.
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Thank you so much! You are raising an interesting point Shu Wang! Some of those outsiders will have the "right" training, some will not. I think there is also a question of what constitutes "proper training." I will personally listen to everyone's comments, I believe everyone has the right to think about my work, regardless of their status or educational history. Just because someone is an expert, it does not mean they are automatically right. Just because someone doesn't have the "right training," it doesn't mean they are automatically wrong and cannot think about a subject. It is important to look at what people are actually saying, instead of prejudging their responses based on their "social" or "expert" status. Thank you for supporting me! I only want to be able to make my presentation available to the public. I am not planning to argue against any decisions the university makes. This petition is only about making my qualifying exam open to the public. This is all. I genuinely think I had some new ideas that they were not sure how to assess. If my ideas are wrong, then they should have no problem showing this publicly, even to people who lack the "proper training." They are 7 experts and I am one graduate student, it should be easy for them to make their points as clearly as possible. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe they are wrong. I am only asking for the exam to take place publicly. I am open to new thoughts/ideas! Let me know if you think about anything else! Thank you so much for engaging with me in this discussion!
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Should creativity be fostered in universities? If so, to what extent? What is the right balance between innovation and adherence to traditional academic standards? This petition will allow these questions to be explored openly. Ioana Arbone, a PhD student in Social Behavioural Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Because her thinking and problem-solving approach is different, she wants to make sure that her examination proceeds fairly. This exam is usually private. She wants to record it and make it public. Sign this petition if you support Ioana's decision to record her qualifying exam and make it publicly available.
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I support this idea but I am not sure if outsiders have the right training to comment / assess your work.
I know Ioana very well. She has worked really hard on her project. I find her thoughts and hypothesis very plausible.
Thank you!
Thank you! Feel free to express your thoughts or any concerns on this page!
Thank you so much! You are raising an interesting point Shu Wang! Some of those outsiders will have the "right" training, some will not. I think there is also a question of what constitutes "proper training." I will personally listen to everyone's comments, I believe everyone has the right to think about my work, regardless of their status or educational history. Just because someone is an expert, it does not mean they are automatically right. Just because someone doesn't have the "right training," it doesn't mean they are automatically wrong and cannot think about a subject. It is important to look at what people are actually saying, instead of prejudging their responses based on their "social" or "expert" status. Thank you for supporting me! I only want to be able to make my presentation available to the public. I am not planning to argue against any decisions the university makes. This petition is only about making my qualifying exam open to the public. This is all. I genuinely think I had some new ideas that they were not sure how to assess. If my ideas are wrong, then they should have no problem showing this publicly, even to people who lack the "proper training." They are 7 experts and I am one graduate student, it should be easy for them to make their points as clearly as possible. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe they are wrong. I am only asking for the exam to take place publicly. I am open to new thoughts/ideas! Let me know if you think about anything else! Thank you so much for engaging with me in this discussion!
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I support this idea but I am not sure if outsiders have the right training to comment / assess your work.