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208-792-2466
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Mike Owen |
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| Program: |
Human Relations & Communication |
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SGC 223C |
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Mondays 3-4 p.m. |
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208-792-2417 |
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mowen@lcsc.edu |
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http://www.lcsc.edu/mowen
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Hello,
I have been teaching at LCSC since 1991 and before that I was a student here. I earned a couple of bachelor’s degrees: one in History and one in Social Science: Secondary Education. Having grown up in the area I did not go to far away from home when I went to graduate school. I received an M. Ed. from the University of Idaho in Adult Education and an M.A. in Communication from Washington State University. After I finished my M.A. at WSU I spent time working on my doctorate there but have since transferred back to the UI to finish up there—and I am just about done.
As a social scientist I teach courses that deal with human relations, diversity, and communication in personal and social settings. As pragmatist my philosophy on teaching and learning is to provide a bridge that spans the gap between the world of academe and the real world. I try to enable students to apply their learning to their everyday lives.
Think about this the next time you are trying to decide which course, literally in school and figuratively in life, to take:
The problem individual’s face is not with their society or their circumstance, but with themselves as individuals. If the person sees themselves as only a product of an environment they are thus limited by their own vision of what is. As a result what is will always be—no improvement in the person nor in the society. The latch holding back improvement is the reification of our own sense of helplessness.
—Mike Owen—
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