Knowledge- Knowledge-
Seeking Making:
Improving Intellectual Capital in FYC Courses
Christopher R. Friend (@chris_friend)
University of Central Florida

3
Problems
of Capital
in FYC
Access
Authority
Application

#1
Access

This is big.
PROBLEM #1: ACCESS
1,603,176,817,507,980 ft²

This is tiny.
PROBLEM #1: ACCESS
900 ft²

This is huge.
PROBLEM #1: ACCESS
0.036 ft²

#2
Authority

We treat
students like
raw materials.
PROBLEM #2: AUTHORITY
The Objective

Where does
knowledge
come from?
PROBLEM #2: AUTHORITY
The Source

“You are
intellectually
bankrupt.”

#3
Application

Tests are their
ultimate goal.
PROBLEM #3: APPLICATION
Unknown Purpose/Audience

Teachers are
arbitrary
audiences.
PROBLEM #3: APPLICATION
Teacher Determination

PROBLEM #3: APPLICATION
Audience Outside Class

Knowledge-
Seeking

Knowledge-
Making

Intellectual
capital needs
research.
RESEARCH
Primary research manufactures intellectual capital.

Inquiry motivates
research.
MOTIVATION
Genuine inquiry infuses research with purpose.

Research
needs real
audiences.
AUDIENCE
Students bring to class access to authentic audiences.

Knowledge-
Making
Primary research
Based on genuine inquiry
Directed toward authentic audiences

Thank you.

Credits
(all images licensed under Creative Commons)
Blue marble image: NASA
Classroom interior: Schplook on Flickr
iPhone: Florin Hatmanu on Flickr (edited with his consent)
Rows of desks: bara-koukoug on Flickr
Book pages: fanz on Flickr
Multiple-choice: albertogp123 on Flickr
Papers to grade: courtesy Microsoft
Wordpress Publish button: Matt Mullenweg and Evan Roth
James Webb telescope mirror from NASA Goddard Photo
and Video on Flickr
Running cat from Malingering on Flickr
Red chairs by Thomas Hawk on Flickr