Forms of Socialization: Graduate Education and the Graduate Seminar. Response to 'Rethinking the Graduate Seminar.'

Responds to "Rethinking the Graduate Seminar." Addresses four areas of misconception: (1) the goal of graduate programs; (2) the role of graduate seminars; (3) the role of the instructor's goals and teaching style; and (4) the distinction between student motivation and abilities. Presents a model linking graduate seminars with the skills needed to encourage students to become scholars. (CMK)