Re: [SPAM-3.000] Re: Feynman (was pedagogy)

[James Mackey <jmackey@HARDING.EDU>]

fred bucheit wrote:

>    Why don't we just give the student a fairly detailed description of what
> we want him to learn and let him learn it by whatever means works best for
> him? There are so many resources available today that there is no excuse for
> not being able to do that. To have a teacher or professor stand in front of
> a room and tell students things they can learn on their own is a terrible
> waste of professional time, and an insult to the student. It also puts the
> student in the passsive learning mode rather than the active mode of digging
> it out on his own. The professor could be available a given number of hours
> to direct the student progress, both what is learned and how or where to
> find it.
>  With today's technology, we could make up a hundred different tests to
> assess the student and tell him that he can take the test when he is ready.
> He could also be given more than one chance to pass the test.
>
> Fred Bucheit    retired Physics teacher
>
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This is starting to sound like the Keller method of self-paced
instruction which was in vogue several years ago. I used the method for
several years, and basically liked the approach very much as did most of
my students. The problem with the method, in my case, was personnell
(there was only me) and time ( I had other courses) so I abandoned the
approach for a more conventional approach - to stay sane!
James Mackey