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Re: Wolfson's Way (PH 101)

I think it should be like that:
Learning requires a certain amount of effort so that the learner can feel s/he reached the satisfying point for her/himself at the end. Although they can surely show greater efforts I have seen many high able students who can reach a point with little effort where s/he is satisfied. I think the most challenging task of a teacher is to provide the proper challenging learning environment for the individual learner either in a group work/class or in an individual work. So at this point I certainly agree with you that the teacher should be well aware of the effects of the instruction or the learning environment that s/he provides.


Jack Uretsky wrote:
Hi all-
        Mervin writes:
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, MERVIN KOEHLINGER wrote:

"Teaching and learning are not synonymous. Each requires maximum effort from
the practitioner."

        I say, "Nonsense!".  Learning requires maximum effort.  Teaching
only involves enough effort to persuade the student to give maximum
effort.
        Or, the teacher who gives maximum effort is depriving the student
of the experience of knowing the need to give maximum effort.

        Maybe we're not all agreed on what teaching is all about.  Or,
maybe, many people who become teachers do so as a means of expressing
their own need to "give maximum effort" regardless of the effect on their
students.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack


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