Good teachers are needed today more than ever. They need to be up to date, creative and care about the actual learning of the students. Some teaching today is simply geared toward responding to preconceived questions. This is teaching but teaching should be more about helping the student to explore the information and make choices and decisions as they learn. Teaching should not be just about coming up with the answer that the teacher wants but then again, this is important when doing math and rules of the subject matter. Can anyone say 1 +1 =3. IN other word, students should be educated so that they can then think for themselves and search out the truth in what ever subject they are studying.
Lifelong learning is essential for everyone. It is needed to learn new skills in whatever activities that one might wish to partake. I can say from experience that learning new things can be a real challenge. The skys' the limit when we strongly pursue a desire to learn a new skill. It also helps to brush up on old and not very often used skills.
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"... teaching should be more about helping the student to explore the information and make choices and decisions as they learn"... I agree with you, David. What students have learned sticks with them more when they are involved with constructing the learning. And that's part of my goal for you and Mike in this course.
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