Re: Teaching 3 Students

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> > Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:
> >
> > > Instead of presenting the demos, lectures, reviews etc etc
> yourself, have each of the students, in turn, doing the presentations
> every day for the rest of the class.  Everyone who has taught physics
> knows that  you learn much more from teaching others than you do by
sitting
> in a conventional classroom and taking notes. ...

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:28:20 -0500 Rick Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>
writes:

> ..... there are severe problems with getting any kind
> of consistent flow because there are essentially three instructors
> with three different styles which probably won't connect well to each
> other and will probably each be deficient in some major aspects.

Herb Replies...

Of course, Rick is absolutely correct in his statement above.
In fact, I have never heard of any technique of teaching that
works for all teachers and all students in all parts of the world.

Every teaching technique that was ever invented will work for
some teachers  and be a miserable failure for others.
That is why a current clothing fashion will not enhance the
looks of all women.   And that is why fashions in teaching techniques
change as often as fashions in women's clothing.

I challenge anyone to present a teaching technique that has no faults
or limitations.

Herb