October 31, 2008
To Learn to Teach, Be a Student
COMMENTARY
We professors are professional learners. Research, inquiry, and discussion among colleagues all serve to broaden our knowledge. But even experienced teachers can benefit from becoming actual students in a classroom. There is nothing like sitting in a classroom facing the board and scrambling to translate someone else's lecture into coherent notes, rather than just decanting your own ideas into scribbles, to crystallize the challenges that students face.
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