Quoting John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > >>> There IS a role for authority and lecture and teacher-centered > > responsibility, EARLY ON in the process. Many of my students come to class > > waiting to be "informed" by the education machine "Dr. Wager." I use that > > early time to dis-abuse them of that notion, but I do so by lecture and by > > discipline and by taking full responsibility for their learning rather > than > > throw it all on them at the start. THEN, when we've taken a look together > at > > the nature of education, we can start all over and develop different roles > > in the classroom. > > > > > There, my friends, is a real teacher. Honored to know him. > John Nobody who has been on this list for any period of time would doubt that John W is a real teacher. The devil is in the details: i.e., On what grounds is it obligatory or even permissible for the teacher to "take full responsibility" for students' learning (or failure in learning). I teach in a professional university unit and in an Arts unit. In neither context do I feel or believe compelled to accept "full" responsibility for what my students do or do not learn. Walter O MUN > > > -- > John McCreery > The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN > Tel. +81-45-314-9324 > jlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.wordworks.jp/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html