In a message dated 4/8/02 7:53:32 PM, Don Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I do not see quantity of time spent on a computer as necessarily having > any particular significance to a students future prospects, (unless it > is truly miniscule, or the student fully intends to complete tertiary > studies and enter the IT industry), rather I view the quality of tuition > and tasks performed by the student as elements offering the highest > degree of pay-back. I have gone to schools in other countries where the professor and his notes are the resident knowledge, which did or did not reflect the knowledge in the field. You also are talking about a student generically. Students in a class are usually very diverse. There are students who may already know the subject well, who have read and learned a lot and who would be further interested in the subject based on their ability to aquire resources, contacts, materials, and other types of learning. We could use space science, medicine, earthscience, and or literature as a test case. Though there are a lot of titled individuals who are quite skilled in teaching and learning , there is no one teacher who is the respository of all knowledge. The Internet does not contain all knowledge either, but to an interested student at any level with requisite skills, there is a treasure chest of experts, websites, references, magazines and ideational scaffolding for learning. Bonnie Bracey ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, an NGO that is a GKP member*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
