On 12/17/2013 11:06 PM, Tony wrote:
> That's right Dave. I will ask my 15 yo. When I was at school, I'm 55, geography was well taught. Not sure about now
>
If you thought it was well taught, then that means that *you* related to
what and how the teacher explained it and it had importance to *you.*
That doesn't mean that all your fellow students would remember the same
things you do.
A teacher facing a classroom of 20 - 30 students will teach something,
and there will be 20 - 30 mental responses to what is taught. Some will
remember it easily, some will need to refer to their notes, but with
enough repetition they will remember it, some will do the same amount of
follow-up study and still not remember it correctly, others will write
down their notes incorrectly because they were only paying partial
attention, and the rest won't bother taking notes or remembering or
caring at all.
One teacher with varying levels of successful learning from the
classroom full of students -- whose fault is it for those who fail to
learn the material?
And who should get the acclaim and rewards for those who *do* learn the
material?
In my opinion the reward and the blame all should fall on the students
who either succeed or fail from their own efforts to remember the material.
The teacher is just a messenger -- whether the message is retained lies
entirely with those who are receiving the message.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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