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December 08, 2005
Tai found Teaching Goals
In our argument over the difference between 'learning' and 'entertaining' students - I asked someone who knows more than me (Bob Hawkes), and thought I'd share.
Teaching Goals
- Make good "students" out of them.
- Stimulate interest in the discipline by delving into dynamics of the topic.
- Lead the students in the direction for viable analysis of the topic.
- Relate it to the world the students' know about - if there is not a reference point, what you're teaching won't make sense.
- You want the students to argue about the topic because it means they're thinking.
Posted by tgerhart at December 8, 2005 08:00 AM
Comments
Hey Tai:
Thanks for the info and I can just see Professor Hawkes in action in front of the classroom. He certainly could challenge students to think about the world around them.
I would also argue that he expected all students to have good manners within the classroom which certainly provided a much better site for learning and teaching.
Maureen
Posted by: maureen at December 8, 2005 12:32 PM