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“If you can avoid him, do it at ALL COSTS”
LSE380 - 1.0 rating“This class is based entirely on 2 essays and 1 presentation”
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Reviews (86)
He is a nice guy but very boring!!!! Don't take this class unless you're very good at not falling asleep!! He's also very quite which makes it harder to stay awake!!
He is a very nice man but he's an awful professor. He's boring, boring, boring. Do not take this class if you are not able to stay awake, and his soft voice doesn't help either. The content is boring anyway but combine that with him and you'll want to kill yourself by the end!
Considering I HATE PHL this class is horrible. He is VERY hard to understand, gives a lot of reading, and more than half of the class HATED HIM. THe only decent thing the guy does is give you all you need to know for the final; not that it helps
Brilliant thinker, though he sometimes can be slightly unclear. If you ask, he will clarify. Fascinating teacher, good guy, a lot of reading, so you have to be motivated. Worth taking.
Not a brilliant thinker, ALWAYS very unclear. If you ask, he will confuse you. Very bland and boring teacher, bad guy, A LOT of poinless reading so don't take him. NOT worth taking. Stay away from this guy.
One word, irresponsible.
Incredibly boring teacher. Nothing interesting or helpful is learned. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.
Nice guy, very boring. He is a soft talker and will talk about things that seem to not be realted to anything. Not impossible to get a good grade just be prepared to study A LOT for tests. Lots of reading and nothing very interesting. I don't reccomend not talking him, just bring coffee.
I learned something from this class, but he's not helpful at all. Did not respect our opinions, did not explain well. Puts us down and doesn't recognize or understand that we don't get it. Frankly, no one likes LSE 380 as it is, so good luck finding someone good for it.
I thought his lectures were extremly hard to understand. It was so hard taking notes. But I did learn alot from the class. He did put up alot with ignorant students in the class. Most of these students are future teachers...I was surprised on how ignorant they were.
I don't understand this guy at all. He is very unclear. He does not seem to understand things like "his class isn't a students' only class." His lectures are kind of boring and he gives no points for participation or attendance or anything. It was just two exams and a Final Paper when most of the students did not participate. DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE
disrespectful and not willing to explain, looks at you as if you are a moron if you ask for clarification. Also didn't respect the fact that his students are almost all future teachers and that we are looking for a connection to our future careers. Pulled off an A but only with going to every mind numbing class and studying/memorizing hours on end.
It's hard to take an undergraduate education major's comments about a philosophy class seriously, since most of majors study pedagogy and not content. Once content is introduced it disrupts the usual "leadership posturing" exercises. I'd liken some ed personalities to failed policemen. Haymes is a top choice for content & philosophy of education.
This was a great course! If you read the assigned readings and take part in class dicussion, he is a great professor! He is brilliant. If you are lazy and like paying for expensive depaul classes and not getting the most out of them, than don't his classes. You'll get your money's worth with him.
extreamly vauge and bitter man
well,he's not my top choice professor, but he is smart.he's a nice guy.he talks soooo low and in one tone,it's a little annoying.but you can just come, take notes, study a little for the test and do okay.if you want an A then you're have to put in a lot more work.but the class is too boring to do that.
I was very worried about this class at first. I took it as a night class and wondered how I would get through ten weeks of a philosophy night class, but-I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. This class really made me think. It was interesting but there is a ton of reading. Anyone who is going into education needs this class.
The main problem with this professor, other than his soft monotone voice, unclear explanations, and inability to understand differing points from other students, was the content: He focused too much criticizing right wing policies rather than exploring the broad philosophical issues in ed.
He is very smart and knows his material but he has no idea how to teach. This makes it difficult especially when the readings are pretty hard to understand. Also 50% of your grade is on a final paper, 20% on your midterm, and 30% on your final exam. But if you miss ONE class your entire grade is lowered one letter grade. He's a little unreasonable.
Great professor. One of the best in the school of education. He'll actually challenge you and give you primary texts to read when grappling with philosophical directions in education. None of that textbook stuff you get in t&l. You'll be challenged, which is great if you're smart, bad if you're a gym teacher or SUV driver.
wow. he's just....wow. he's boring, monotonous, unfair, ****, very unclear, and doesn't explain what he wants. he's a very hard grader. tip: PARTICIPATE IN CLASS, he picks favorites. avoid him if you can
This man is horrible!First day of class he told us he doesn't like to give A's.Hard grader, final 60%, midterm 40%.Doesn't explain what he wants, MUST agree with him or else your grade suffers.He speaks so soft you can fall asleep in every lecture!Everyone in my class disliked him!Two thumbs down!
Wow... he is BEYOND terrible. I tried, I really tired to participate and offer comments. But every time I made a contradictory comment or opinion, he treated it like I was uninformed and unenlightened (which wasn't true). I really hated his class. I haven't gotten my final grade yet, but I got a B+ on the midterm. He is terrible; stay away!
Not a bad class, and the structure forces you to learn or fail. Midterm 40% final 60% both papers. The topics and liberal perspective is interesting, and he will allow discussion on class. However, most student's discussion is based on emotion and calling his argument crap without presenting any logical argument themselves. Do the readings = Pass.
Possibly the worst class I have taken yet at DePaul. Prof. Haymes talked at the class rather than to the class and did not expand explanations even after being asked. I spent the majority of the quarter just struggling to understand. Hard grader. I did all of the assignments and still struggled along. Best of luck!
worst prof EVER! his lectures sucked, he does not know how to encourage a discussion. "thoughts? folks are thinking?" does not do it. HIs midterm and final are ridiculous (~6-8 pg single space). irony at its best - its an edu class but i dont think haymes has an edu experience. adjust your entire year schedule so you dont have to take him
Horrible teacher.Incredibly boring and paused for like 2 minutes after each sentence.He read his lecture from his notes instead of actually having a dicussion with the class.Never responds to emails and was useless for help after class.Doesn't allow you to use anything discussed in class in your papers.Completely ridiculous teacher.
WHY IS HE STILL AT DEPAUL???? THIS MAN SHOULD BE FIRED, YOU CANT HERE A WORD THAT HE'S SAY8ING, HE PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WITH HIS BORING QUIET VOICE, AND IS A COMPLETE JERK. PLEASE AVOID, I ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT BILDUNG AND HE RESPONDED WITH "BILDUNG IS BILDUNG." ARE YOU KIDDING ME, GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!!!
This was by far the worst class I've taken in my 6 years of undergrad! It's called Philosophy of Education, yet I learned absolutely nothing that could be applied to my future teaching career. For our final we had to write a 10pg single spaced paper which counted for 80% of our grade. Avoid the headaches by avoiding this class at all costs!
I thought Haymes was brilliant. The problem was there were students who didn't read the material and got mad when they didn't understand stuff. Probably the same student who don't have time to read have time to post garbage on here. He's definitely a prof for motivated, intelligent students. Not pitiful goofs that want easy A's.
I do not know what the person below me is talking about. This is the worst professor I have ever encoutnered. The readings are pointless, asking questions is pointless because you will not get an answer. Midterm and Final are both 50 percent of the grade. This class is pointless in general. BORING CLASS...STEER CLEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
BORRRRRRRRING! He rambles on in a low whispery voice about stuff that nobody understands and has the nerve to get mad when we don't participate. And here's the kicker: We have to write a 10 page SINGLE SPACED paper on this nonsense. And don't try to escape because he will deduct 10 points for absences. I brought a crossword puzzle to every class.
This class is difficult. It challenges your intellect and perhaps your opinions on many topics. That being said, I feel I will be a better teacher after taking this course. I was intimidated by Haymes' low rating, but he is a great professor. It's hard, he's a bit tough to understand, but it is a worth while course.
This is by far the worst class I have ever taken. I didn't believe the other comments, but they were true. If you have never taken a philosophy class, you will be completely lost. He teaches this class like it is a graduate level course, it is not. Avoid this class at all costs, I wish I would have.
This class was absolutely terrible!!! He is the worst professor I have ever had! He talks so quietly that when someone moves a piece of paper you cannot hear him. This class does not relate to education in any way. We wrote two papers, and he didn't want us to base our paper off of our notes. This was next to impossible because the readings were confusing. I would avoid taking this teacher!!!!!!!!!
Though he does teach this class at a graduate level I think that even graduate students would want to escape the hell of this class. The class was completely inapplicable to an education major. 2 papers with very little explanation of his expectations decided the grade. No meeting with him to discuss papers. STAY AWAY!
Disorganized, speaks far too quietly, managed to get 2 weeks behind on the syllabus (it's a 10 week class). Lost my first paper and never gave me feedback on it. Would think of something in the middle of class - like an hour long movie - and change the trajectory of the day on a whim. I would not recommend him.
I highly discourage against taking him. Feels very biased. Never presents both sides of an argument. Would practically summarize the readings in class without giving any insight or tying it back in with a follow up lecture. The number of pages that will be due in total for the quarter will be around 48 most of which feels like busy work.
By far the worst professor I've had at DePaul. He is completely biased, doesn't know/ teach anything other than Columbia-- has no knowledge of any other issues going on in the world. He is condescending and completely rude to the people in class who politely challenge his opinions. STAY AWAY!!
He is brilliant and often speaks over your head but has some amazing personal experiences. I learned a lot and he made my brain tired. Be sure to give him a chance. You'll get out of it what you put into it. He should put in his syllabus no laptops or cell phones. I couldn't believe how rude some of my classmates were. Graduate students???
Very nice man but gets so into philosophical discussions that his 3 hour classes are torturous...especially 2 times per week. Also is not open to others' viewpoints. Really just wants to speak about minorities' experiences in education.
I literally did about 5% of each reading.. My response papers were no more ever than a page! Participated in class, and still got a B. I feel that he is trying to push to much onto us in a matter of 10 weeks.
This class is based entirely on 2 essays and 1 presentation. He does not take attendance. He's a nice professor although his lectures can be very dull. There is not a lot of work involved in this class throughout the quarter, but just be ready to dedicate at least a day for each assignment. I worked hard those 3 days to earn my A+ in the class.
Dr. Haymes is a unique and intelligent professor. When students were wrong in their analysis or did not get the picture, he would not sugarcoat his disagreement with a "not really" but would say "You are totally missing the point" I respect this honesty, but many don't. I encourage people to take his class. I learned so much.
He doesn't have the most engaging or exciting teaching style, but his class is pretty easy if you just put some time into the three written assignments (which make up your entire grade). The papers are MUCH easier than they seem, too. I didn't necessarily like the class, but I will say that it was pretty easy and required very little work.
Dr. Haymes is a wonderful professor. Keep in mind, this is not a methods class, and does not teach one how to be a teacher. Instead, this class is about understanding the education system and thinking of ways to improve it. If you truly care about making changes in education, this class will help you. You just need an open mind.
This class is pure philosophy. The prof never teaches anything and just assigns each class to a group of students to teach. I would advise all to avoid this class, if you can. This class is a repeat of all other SCG classes. This class rarely focuses on education in the US in present day and none of this can ever be applied to real life.
This is the worst professor i have ever met in my life. He does not teach at, he will split the class into groups and expect you to teach yourselves. he's also a very hard grader. please don't take his class except you want to have a loosed understanding of the course.
Pretty surprised that Professor Haymes is rated so poorly. I've taken multiple classes of his and I have only good things to say. I never found him to be a particularly hard grader. You have to be able to create a quality thesis as well as be able to pick one out of the assigned reading. He does assign a lot of reading, but it is manageable.
I'm a recent grad from the MA. Haymes is a world famous scholar in both poverty studies and philosophy of education, he taught the best class I took at DePaul. There's students in the education school who are just there to pay for a certificate, but every one of my more thoughtful colleagues considered his class a milestone in their education.
I have never given a professor a poor review at DePaul, that being said, I did not enjoy Professor Haymes teaching methods, or the discussions we had in class. There is a real disconnect between what we discussed in class and what we read about in the readings, and what we were tested on. What we were tested on was not what we were taught in class.
Worst professor I have ever encountered. Do yourself a favor and stay away. He is rude, boring, stuck up, and unaccessible. His lectures are dry and often times offensive. He is unwilling to hear the opinions of other students. Not to mention there is a complete disconnect between the assignments, readings, and discussions. What a waste of time.
I despised this professor. He is a horrendous teacher who is rude and condescending. If you can avoid him, do it at ALL COSTS. His quizzes are impossibly hard and count for almost all of your grade and he's incredibly unclear. He yelled at my class yesterday for not doing the extra credit assignment which he declared required after it was due...
Do not take this class. If it is not a completely mandatory course, do not take it. The pretentious lectures and harsh attitude towards any person who does not get it right away is just not worth it. He is lecture heavy and unorganized. This was the worst class I have ever taken.
I feel like this class is just a chance for him to rant for 3 hours about how westernization has destroyed the world and how life was better in the 70s. He is very pretentious and at times condescending to students who disagree with him. The readings, lectures, and assignments don't really apply to each other and he is super disorganized. Avoid!!
Syllabus is full of errors and unorganized. 3 hour class length is unbearable. We BARELY discussed philosophies of pedagogy (which is the point of the class). The readings are far too numerous, and a lot of them feel irrelevant to the actual content of his lectures in class. Definitely dont recommend this class.
I haven't had many bad experiences with professors at DePaul, but Dr. Haymes is the exception. The readings he assigns for homework have nothing to do with what is discussed in class. He gets upset when people don't participate, but when someone does participate he uses it as a chance to be condescending. Lectures are boring too. Avoid if you can.
One of the best professors and researchers at DePaul.
Listen, if you want an easy grade, don't take his class. If you're willing to be thoughtful and open-minded about a difficult topic to face then I would sign up. Haymes opened my eyes CONSIDERABLY to the problems of modernization and education, but his course gave me the most stress I've ever had before. Way too much reading. Worth the perspective.
I would avoid taking a class with him if you can (Even if you think you're a great student). While he seems nice and knows the material, it seems like there is no structure/plan to the class and the specifics and wording on his quizzes are crazy. I have never taken a class that was this difficult and stressful and he isn't supportive at all.
Very hard and long lectures to sit through. You're sometimes given weekly readings of over 100 pages and probably have to read over the same work multiple times to understand the material. He did cut us some slack because of covid but I wouldn't recommend taking his class.
The class readings were interesting and I felt like I learned a lot outside of class. As for during class lectures, they were monotonous, unnecessary, and extremely boring. He just kept saying the information we read about, took a quiz on, and did 2 discussion posts on. Get ready to read too!
Dr. Hayme's class was the most informative and view altering class in regards to education that I took at DePaul. Highly recommend
After reading the comments on here, I was dreading taking this class. Maybe its cause we are online, but Professor Haymes was not difficult to work with. Although I do have to admit that his lectures can be pretty long and that he assigns A LOT of readings (super eye opening btw)... he is overall a knowledgeable professor and not a tough grader.
Dr. Haymes is one of the best professors I've ever had. He is knowledgeable about the content he teaches, and helped me understand issues in education in a more complex way. Please don't pay attention to the bad RMP--You will learn so much from taking his class.
How is this class a requirement for education majors? I had to change my major to finance because this class is unimportant and not necessary. Lectures just consist of watching documentaries, and this class is 3 HOURS. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. If you are brave enough then take this class, if you dare.
The content of the class isn't too bad. Assignments were both a hit or miss, but I cannot stand to be in a class for 3 hours. Wish it was for like an hour and a half or during the day. I nearly passed out taking his class last year.
The 3 hour lectures every week were so hard to listen to and follow. Felt like he was saying so much and so little at the same time. SO MUCH READING every week like over 100 pages. And the quizzes were so unnecessarily difficult and hard to understand. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.
I know this isn't necessarily his fault. But the fumbling over and repetition of his words in the lectures made it so f-ing hard to listen to and pay attention to. That and all the 'ums' and 'ups'. When people actually participate in his lectures he is very condescending and does not seem to value your input at all.
His lectures are very long and have nothing to do with what the quizzes and discussions are on. He shows videos and movies throughout zoom lecture. Does not explain anything properly and big assignments are confusing. He does not answer questions when you email him for help. He is by far the worst professor I've ever had at DePaul.
His lectures are very long and he's not available outside of class. He made me feel really annoying when I emailed him with a question.
I tried really hard to push through his class and try to enjoy it. His assignments are long and not explained, he grades things late and does not explain what is expected. Lectures are long and waste of money. He has very outdated and damaging outlooks on ADHD and autism, he then argued with me about it in front of the whole class. Awful professor.
He should be ashamed to be a professor. Absolutely awful in every and even bother trying to ask for help you won’t get any. For some one who can’t use a computer I have no idea why he has an all online class. Unless you want to give yourself actual depression don’t take this class
Dr. Haymes is the worst professor I've had. You can do well if you really apply yourself; I got an A on a few assignments and he gives full points for participation and discussion posts weekly. He's incapable of managing his class and never makes himself clear on what he wants to see in assignments. If you email him, he won't answer your questions.
I thought DePaul has the top professors, to give us the education we deserved. I can speak for all students and say we spend so much money for these classes to help succeed in our future careers. I have all respect for all my teachers I have had, except for Stephen Haymes. Only took this class for credit and an embarrassment to DePaul University.
He is not a helpful teacher during class and gives unhelpful assistance towards his students. Why is he a professor at DePaul and why is LSE380 required. He ruined wanting to be a teacher for me, and the lectures were not helpful at all. Waste of money and during his 3 hour long lectures, I feel like I have lost so many brain cells from his class.
I accidentally put yes for the, would you take this class again portion. Absolute dog water. 3 hours for an all online class is horrendous. He should not teach at DePaul. His standards are so high and give us readings that does not make sense. He does not belong to teach here because we need to take classes that are important towards us. He's awful
Especially for a required course for education majors, he is the absolute worst professor. I look forward to the day he no longer works for DePaul University.
There is a lot of reading in the class. I had a hard time keeping up with the readings and the quizzes sometimes. He asks students to participate in class and asks that we put on our cameras. The final project and paper are very time consuming and difficult. Despite the challenges, I felt like I still learned a lot
I believe this class was a lot of work, but it also wasn't. Each week we basically did: 3hr zoom class, 1-3hr video lectures, readings, movie/video, and a quiz (can be hard but gives you multiple chances). However, I could cram this work into one-two days. If you don't understand readings, watch the lecture vids...everything builds from readings
It's a 3hr class and there were times he gave a 5 min break. You must keep your camera on and sit upright. you are not allowed to eat, turn off your camera, excuse yourself, without permission. Maybe he slept the whole day, but many of us come from work/another class. these expectations and a rude professor made it very hard to learn. Avoid!
So ironic that we are taking this class to become educators, but this professor will shoo you away after giving you the syllabus. He won't answer clarifying questions and doesn't pronounce names correctly (even after being corrected) it's disrespectful and he's overall a bad model for future teachers.
He is so boring and so hard to follow. I changed my major after taking this class.
Not sure why so many negative reviews. The class itself is super dense and incredibly boring, but Prof Haymes is a nice guy and tries to help with comprehension. He will cold call about thoughts on readings, so pay attention! But his assignments are not too hard, he gives great feedback, and he is flexible with due dates when needed.
Prof Haymes seems like a nice guy but completing the midterm and final was hell!! The class was three hrs long and breaks were incosistent. im not even really sure what I learned in this course it was so boring. I'll say that having unlimited tries to complete the quizzes was super helpful.Class often ran late & assignment rubrics were inconsistent
4TH TIME WRITING THIS BEC IT KEEPS GETTING DELETED->kind,empathetic&understanding. does not cold call,only calls on ppl when no1 is talking to get the convo going but if u dk then he moves on so no big deal. communicate w struggles (including deadlines) & he will help you! a lot of readings but lectures on everything so not a big deal.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
85%
Textbook Required
25%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Stable
+0.04 avg changeRatings by Course
SCU380
5.0
(1)PAX214
5.0
(1)INT203
5.0
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