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Date Posted: 18:13:24 04/19/99 Mon
Author: Marilyn Early
Subject: Re: teaching - definition of
In reply to: Evelyn Evans 's message, "Re: teaching - definition of" on 18:02:31 04/19/99 Mon

> Then - VERY OFTEN (not always)- the next thing I know
> the students continues drawing their own lines across
> the page and color each different stripes in in a
> color.
> Each student who does this has learned something.
> Did I "TEACH" it?
> What I did was put in front of those students
> - who were already absorbed in the design and
> motivated -
> - who could handle crayons or markers or whatever -
> a new idea - or procedure or whatever -
> that they incorporated into their own sense of
> design and continued with INDEPENDENTLY.
> I guess I was an enabler or an empowerer (is that a
> word?).
> The mental readiness for adding that stripe idea, and
> the fine motor physical coordination for DOING IT
> INDEPENDENTLY were pre-existing conditions.
> Without them it wouldn't have happened.
> Anyway - I'd like to hear what others think "teaching"
> is.
OH DEAR NO COLOR TO SEPARATE QUOTES FROM NEW MESSAGES _ SO PLEASE EXCUSE THE CAPS. (I AM NOT SHOUTING.) I AGREE THAT TEACHING IS HARD TO DEFINE - IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? I AGREE - AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE A GOOD "TEACHER".

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Re: teaching - definition of -- Shirley M., 22:08:21 04/24/99 Sat
- Re: teaching - definition of -- John Doe, 13:47:37 04/27/99 Tue
  - Re: teaching - definition of -- overton, Michelle, 22:33:34 06/05/99 Sat