>We have reacted so strongly to the linear "mug and jug" model of
>teaching that we've forgotten its roots. My Scottish dictionary
>says, "introducing to a body of knowledge".
In the course of working with thousands of students, I've come to the
conclusion that, for me, the best model of teaching requires that I assume
that all my students already know everything I want them to understand,
and that what I'm trying to do is point it out to them. This involves
sort of poking around in their mental attics and basements, finding the
piece of mental furniture that they seemed to have need of, dragging it
down or up, dusting it off, and helping them find some useful place for it
in one of their living rooms.
Marion Brady
-- GMBrady@aol.com