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Re: Feynman (was pedagogy)



That's basically the Oxford/Cambridge tradition, as it was
explained to me by a graduate.


On Thu, 13 May 2004, 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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