Thursday. November 2. 1972
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Officers Differ on Peacetime Military
Editor's Note: This is another in a series of stories examining the possible effects of a peace settlement in Indochina. The writer describes how the state for the military of a peace settlement.
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University of Kansas ROTC commanders have varied opinions on how a peace settlement in Southeast Asia would affect the military.
Crdr. Cecil B. Jones, executive officer of the Navy ROTC program at KU, said that "we are doing a lot of work."
continue to uphold U.S. commitments in South Vietnam.
Jones said that if a peace settlement was reached, a Navy fleet off the coast of Vietnam still would act as a watchdog to insure that the treaty was unheld.
Jones said that if an armistice was reached, the Pacific fleet would continue its normal duties of patrolling the Pacific to protect the interests of the United States.
He said that if the Vietnam war ended and an all-vaccination military came into being, it would be a disaster.
"People who might not have wanted to join the Navy because of the war, might now be able to do so."
"IF MORE PEOPLE want to join," he said, "we can be more selective on who we choose."
Jones said he thought that this selectivity would give the Navy better personnel.
"We will have a leaner, tougher and smaller Navy," he said.
Jones said the Navy would get smaller not directly because of the war's winding down, but because Congress was appropriating less money for military expenditures.
Business Prof Uses Role-Playing To Teach Organizational Behavior
By SANDY HUNTER Kansan Staff Writer
Keith McConnell, professor in business and human relations, uses that may be called a "drug" to get things done.
McConnell calls his approach to teaching "experience based learning." Instead of using traditional methods of teaching, he emphasizes that students understand textbook theories.
*I try to provide a practical experience to students to give them something to go on or do.*
McConnell follows four steps in teaching from this approach. The student first acts out a situation. Secondly, the student objectifies a situation. Thirdly, just acted out. The student then fits the experience into a theoretical framework based on textbook readings. And lastly, the student may or may not decide to alter his or her based on the experience and the theory.
MCONNELL PROVIDED an example from his Business 79 class, organizational behavior and administration, to explain this approach. In a discussion on leadership, he would provide an experience for the students to learn about a leader doing some assisted task one at a time. When the task was completed, the students observed what took place.
"What happens is that people take the leadership role differently. Some students go into great detail with directions and students give few instructions." McConnell said.
Following the experience and observation, he would talk about different styles of leadership and its effects on people. He said that this provided the students with both textbook ideas and student feedback.
*Students respond better if you can show them that something is applicable to the problem.*
Following the experience and observation, he would talk about different
styles of leadership and its effects on people. He said that this provided the students with both textbook ideas and student feedback.
"Students respond better if you can show them that something is applicable to the problem."
THE LAST STEP, experimentation,
involved whether the student would change
his approach if he discovered he was
ineffectual as a leader.
"People that relate and interact with people can teach this way. In terms of university professors, I think a lot of the time people get Ph.D.s and don't have a lot of teaching skills and the students get the short end of the stick." he said.
McConnell said that this approach was not as difficult to teach as some people.
In 1970 McCannell received a Ph.D. in psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University, with an emphasis in social psychology he taught during his last two years there.
He explained that this method was most effective in small groups with a class size of 8-12.
McConnell encountered the "experience based learning" approach at Carnegie-Mellon. He said that if he had not received training, the students of a type of class could have been a disgainer.
HE JOINED the faculty two years ago and has taught Business 79 each semester. He said that student reaction was good then, and was good now. McConnell said that at last week he had met students who they saw the applicability of the teaching method, they "got turned on" to it.
This year he is experimenting with a term project that he said he expected to be a group learning experience as well as an individual learning experience. Each group within the class is required to prepare a case study pertaining to some important aspect of human behavior in an organizational setting. The case study will
According to Clifford Clark, dean of the School of Business, this approach to learning had not been used in the Business School before McConnell joined the staff.
CLARK SAID that he knew students were interested and involved in McConnell's work.
be video-taped and presented to the class by closed-circuit television.
Student reaction has been favorable to McConnell's classes. Nancy Archer, Anamasa, Iowa, junior, currently enrolled in a business class, said the student didn't know what he had learned until he sat down and thought about it. She said the book gave theory and the class needed more.
Rosberg also said that this teaching method was more beneficial to him than if he would have read the material, attended class, and crammed for exams.
"This class was more interesting than any other class I had. I used concepts that I learned in that class in my other classes," Rosberg said.
Bob Rosberg, Shawne Mission, junior,
was enrolled in Business 79 last spring
In addition to Business 79, McConnell also teaches Business 301, behavioral science for business, and a seminar in human relations. He uses "experience based learning" in all business courses but stresses it more in Business 79 because of the nature of the course, he said.
Jones said that he expected more students in Navy ROTC because the Vietnam war was ending and "people are wanting to take a look at the Navy."
Col. E. B, Eddy, commander of the Air Force ROTCprogram at KU, said an ending of the Vietnam war would not affect the Air Force to a great extent.
"There are few Air Force personnel in Vietnam and these would be sent home if they return."
"MOST OF AIR FORCE personnel in Southeast Asia are in Thailand and they would also be sent back to the United States." he said.
The Air Force has always been on a volunteer basis, except for lower-grade personnel, he said, and an all-volunteer military would not affect the Air Force.
Eddy said that except for the men being sent home, an armrestice would have little effect.
Eddy noted that standards for enlistment into the Air Force had never been lowered because of a war. Because of this he said, "We are in a very dangerous situation because of an end in the Vietnam war."
Eddy said enrollment in Air Force ROTC had risen 20 per cent this year over last year. He said the increase was due to more training and better equipment quality of the Air Force ROTC program.
Maid, J.J. L. Windom, commander of the U.S. TOG program at KU, said that a decision on the war would be made during the Vietnam war would have on the Army would be maired in Washington and Atlanta.
"I DON'T KNOW of any policy and I don't pretend to." Windom said.
Windom said that no one at the lower level would leave the Army.
Windows told the war had no bearing on enrolment in the University's ROTC program. A study, however, is being done to determine if freshmen are joining the program, he said.
Sgt. Fred Hill, of the U.S. Army recruiting station in Lawrence, said he believed the ending of the Vietnam war would mean more people enlisting in the Army.
"The biggest handicap to enlistments is that the Vietnam war is so unpopular," Hill said.
Hill said that maintaining an all-volunteer Army would be easier after the Vietnam war.
Slavic Club Meeting
The Slavic Club will meet 7 p.m. Friday at the United Ministries Building, 1294 Oread, for folk dancing. Any interested may come.
Journalism Dinner Tonight
Lew Ferguson, Topeka bureau chief for the Associated Press, will be guest speaker tonight in the Holiday Inn, 2399 Iowa, at a joint meeting of the University of Kansas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, and the Topeka Press Club. Initiation of new members will begin on Friday at 7:18 p.m. Ferguson will discuss Kansas politics as the election day approaches.
After two days in the Kansas Union Ballroom, the Bloodmobile will be moved to Lewis Hall cafeteria today. The blood drive, sponsored by the Pershing Rifles, will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday. According to one of the doctors in the blood drive the project had collected over 500 pints of blood by Wednesday toward its 600-pint goal.
Bloodmobile to Lewis
Clay Smothers, Texas radio commentator and newspaper columnist, will speak 7:30 p.m. in the Big 8 Room of the Kansas Union as one of the SUA contemporary issues letters. Smothers, who is sponsored by the Kansas Conservative Party, will speak out issues as busing for racial balance, equality of education, welfare, and American politics.
Clay Smothers to Speak Tonight
Going to Chicago Over Thanksgiving?
Save some money on the SUA flight. Leave the 21st of November and return at your own convenience. Round trip fare is $52.00. Limited space is available.
Interested persons should come by the SUA office or call 864-3477. Deadline for payment is November 10. Open to all University Members.
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