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Re: [Phys-l] laptops banned from class.

A teacher persuades by exciting the minds of the learners, getting them to
want more of the "stuffs" you have opened their eyes to. Then they will
reach beyond your classroom to find out more for themselves.......
Maybe then the issue here is to be able to connect your lessons to them as
individuals, and not the interesting things that you can do in the
classroom.


On 4/1/06, Carl Mungan <mungan@usna.edu> wrote:

the goal of top notch teaching, IMO, is to persuade
students to learn for themselves.
Regards,
Jack

I find this statement to be provocative (in a good way, ie.
stimulating thought). The claim is our job is to PERSUADE.

I agree that effective learning is self-driven not teacher driven.
You can bring 'em to the trough but you can't make 'em drink, and all
that.

But I'm not sure I know how to persuade people of anything. I've
always been a lousy salesman type, scoring miserably on personality
tests that purport to quantify that kind of attribute.

I know how to model some aspects of learning. (The aspects that match
my learning style, mostly.) I know how to mull over interesting ideas
and applications. I know how to sift through chaff to find some
nuggets. I know some classroom techniques (project loudly, write
slowly and clearly, vary what I do, be enthusiastic).

But I'm quite sure I don't directly know how to persuade others to
learn. If this really is the highest goal, I think I get a D at best.
What do others think is the single highest goal of teaching and how
can one achieve it? Carl
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Naval Academy Stop 9c, 572C Holloway Rd, Annapolis MD 21402-5002
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