I almost put in a lot of "on the other hands" after "Okay, that's too extreme." There is certainly a lot that's useful in the class. And there is something perhaps unintentionally acerbic about, "Designing essay prompts is in large part to force us to think about the realisticness of what we're asking the "students" to do -- we ... have to answer our own prompts..."
But I wonder about the value of, say, talking about "different learning styles" unless there is good research about just what those styles are and how to deal with them.
And even if there is good research, it seems like you actually have to apply it to get much good out of it--and that means successfully teaching people with "different learning styles." Else it is like taking a physics course and hearing about doing problems and talking about doing problems but never actually doing any problems yourself.
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Re: English 490
Date: 2005-01-27 10:50 pm (UTC)But I wonder about the value of, say, talking about "different learning styles" unless there is good research about just what those styles are and how to deal with them.
And even if there is good research, it seems like you actually have to apply it to get much good out of it--and that means successfully teaching people with "different learning styles." Else it is like taking a physics course and hearing about doing problems and talking about doing problems but never actually doing any problems yourself.