On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Alison Snieckus <[email protected]>wrote:
> Wonderful discussion. As to the use of the term teacher and teaching, I've > been wondering lately if we educators who are interested in > > "how we learn and how we help other people learn, including through > teaching, when it can’t be avoided, but preferably through a wider variety > of means and contexts" > > might should promote the use of the word teacher to mean someone who > provides guidance to individuals to help them learn what they desire, or > even reach their potential to learn in a particular area. > > I think there's a need for someone to create a learning environment for the > learner(s) that is challenging yet supportive, collaborative, fair and > honest, and most importantly a safe place to try, fail, and try again. > Are there people who will NOT benefit from such an environment? I am thinking of the proposed new role of teachers as "educational consultant to communities": making each community more supportive, a safe place to experiment, etc. Cheers, Maria Droujkova Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.com social math site --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
