As adjunct faculty the most important thing I’ve learned is that teaching is not about imparting knowledge, it’s about creating opportunities for learning to occur. At first I taught the material. By communicating situations and considerations students would encounter, I deprived them of the experience of naturally coming across issues that require situation. Put another way: learing occurs by solving problems, not by knowing how to prevent them.

Tina, aka Swissmiss asked a question that she’s getting a lot of great response to. Tiana’s teaching for the first time and is looking for advice. It’s a post that if you’re about to teach (or have taught for quite a while), is worth reading. All the different pov’s is fascinating to read. You can read the post at www.swiss-miss.com/2009/08/question-for-my-readers-3.html

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