The evening was spent prepping for a new course titled Practicum in Teaching and reflecting on the axiom what is good for our young people is good for our congregations. How are these two things related, you ask? First, it keeps the focus on student learning. This questions the ever present assumption that good teaching ensures learning. Rather the focus ought to be on student learning in a way that contributes to creating meaningful learning experiences, including lecture. Second, by focusing on student learning it forces the instructor to identify the learning base present rather than assuming students know more than they do. Third, it challenges one to keep things simple - one point illustrated/illumined in multiple ways.
Pushing students to consider "Who they are teaching?", "What they are teaching?" and "Why they are teaching?" is fun, especially when they are forced to confront these questions after teaching.
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