October 20, 2006

Teaching < Learning ? Depends on what u teach

It ain't easy for anyone to impart a certain field of knowledge to any other peers around him. Not to mention their mastery. I've realised that to cultivate a good student, it is paramount to bequeath a comprehensive mechanism to him, one which enables him to translate facts to logic, formulae to explanation and most importantly, allows him to retain all these self discovered links. What the student gains eventually is a skill-- the way to fish for the fish. Essentially, these skills are what teachers should strive to impart. Using facts(fish) as an apt illustration of these derivative techniques(how to fish) should be the proper way, instead of using the techniques to sink facts into students. To distant ourselves from rote learning is to acknowledge a shift in focus from the fact to the skill. It is a promotion of our educational standards. Teach less learn more would only be possible under such parameters. In addition it is only through such avenue that knowledge is internalised, accrued and organised into valuable assets of market value.

4 comments:

frezb26 said...

wah!! so profound. haha. anyway, wat happen to the tagboard?

-clong- said...

Hmm u can't see? its at the bottom most of the right hand side :)

Anonymous said...

excellent post.

-clong- said...

Hey! May i know who are u? Thanks for ur comments :)

Interesting link indeed!

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