Comments on: All That Teaching Entails http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/all-that-teaching-entails A teaching and learning conference. Mon, 23 May 2011 15:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Rich Young http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/all-that-teaching-entails/comment-page-1#comment-3379 Rich Young Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:15:08 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/?p=1469#comment-3379 In recent years I have been more likely to want to be known as a facilitator of learning rather than a teacher. Sure, this sounds like a bit of semantics, but certainly at the college level we are hopefully finding alternative ways for students to learn, and in many venues this will mean learning from one another. Sometimes for my MBA classes on the first day of the semester when we are going through introductions and review of the syllabus I will make it point of saying that it is entirely possible that students may, in fact, learn more from one another than they will from me; however, it is my role to create the environment where that can happen. In recent years I have been more likely to want to be known as a facilitator of learning rather than a teacher. Sure, this sounds like a bit of semantics, but certainly at the college level we are hopefully finding alternative ways for students to learn, and in many venues this will mean learning from one another. Sometimes for my MBA classes on the first day of the semester when we are going through introductions and review of the syllabus I will make it point of saying that it is entirely possible that students may, in fact, learn more from one another than they will from me; however, it is my role to create the environment where that can happen.

]]> By: John Thompson http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/all-that-teaching-entails/comment-page-1#comment-3371 John Thompson Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:45:37 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/?p=1469#comment-3371 Maryellen, Thanks for bringing Mark Cohan's reflections, "Bad Apple: The Social Production and Subsequent Reeducation of a Bad Teacher," in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Change to our attention. Mark's sociological account -- "the personal is always also social" -- of his transformation is remarkable: candid, articulate, courageous, and inspiring. Nadine and Kareem will continue to remind us of the gifts our students are -- as persons who bring their stories and their lives with them into our courses, though are too seldom are they heard. And Mark as a teacher who, in listening to and hear their stories and them, has found his own story and gifts as a teacher. My thanks to Mark for sharing what I will remember as a 'good apple' story. Many students will be blessed by his presence, attention, knowledge, and care. John Thompson, Sociology, University of Saskatchewan Maryellen,

Thanks for bringing Mark Cohan’s reflections, “Bad Apple: The Social Production and Subsequent Reeducation of a Bad Teacher,” in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Change to our attention.

Mark’s sociological account — “the personal is always also social” — of his transformation is remarkable: candid, articulate, courageous, and inspiring. Nadine and Kareem will continue to remind us of the gifts our students are — as persons who bring their stories and their lives with them into our courses, though are too seldom are they heard. And Mark as a teacher who, in listening to and hear their stories and them, has found his own story and gifts as a teacher.

My thanks to Mark for sharing what I will remember as a ‘good apple’ story. Many students will be blessed by his presence, attention, knowledge, and care.

John Thompson, Sociology, University of Saskatchewan

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