Re: Is competence in physics as a requirement for teachers of

[David Dockstader <DRDOCK00@UKCC.UKY.EDU>]

On Thu, 06 Nov 1997 16:43:27 -0400  said:
> You can no more teach what you don't know
> than you can come back from where you haven't been.
> 	Supposedly a quote from an old teacher in the North Carolina mountains.

Ah, but if you are teaching an exploratory process you can certainly give
your students the skills to explore places that neither of you have ever
been before.  You can even give them the skills to go where nobody has ever
been before.  However, the skills you teach will be very different than the
skills needed for following well established routes.