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Re: [Phys-l] Effective teaching



I first encountered Brian's rules back in the 'sixties in manuals on communicating with children (and, especially, adolescents). They can be effective, if not overdone. (Once, in a hospital, a nurse came in and asked if she could "share" something with me. I asked if she couldn't just tell me. She threw a hissy fit. See also, the book 'Politically Correct Bedtime Stories")

Regards,
Jack

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008, chuck britton wrote:

I wonder how many other folks here could identify with the 'Effective
Learning' method that brian is describing here.

I got thru school quite nicely by keeping one eye and one ear open in
class and giving back to the teacher what they wanted to hear.

I tried not to let the classroom interfere too much with my own
learning process and I quite rejoice in the (few) teachers who
actually helped me learn cool stuff.

Mirror the teacher => get good grades.

Being this sort of student meant that I was was well suited to remain
in the academic world?!?!?!?!


On Aug 2, 2008, at Aug 2(Sat) 1:10 , Brian Whatcott wrote:

Which reminds me... at a business class long ago, I was a participant
in the 'reflection' method of dealing with an awkward client.

The rules went something like this
1) Listen.
2) reply by restating in different words the gist of the client's
sentiment as a question:
"So you think the company is in fact staffed by imbeciles,
when they won't pick up the phone?"
3) Attempt to reasonably mirror the client's posture and mannerisms
without obviously mimicking the behavior.

Several participants also took a turn at this mode.
The client's summary of the interaction invariably added how
intelligent the respondent seemed.

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