[CAUT] How we learn (was: Re: CAUT Endorsement )

[Chris Solliday]

AMEN
Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Israel Stein" <custos3 at comcast.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: [CAUT] How we learn (was: Re: CAUT Endorsement )


> At 07:29 AM 10/19/2007, Richard West wrote:
> 
> >I don't know if my longwinded explanation helps, but there it 
> >is.  I'm glad you asked, because it helped me try to try to get a 
> >better grasp of how we learn this profession.  We don't write or 
> >teach in a vacuum.  Perhaps the greatest challenge is getting 
> >through to people.  That means we need to know how people learn so 
> >that our materials reach them.  I don't know that PTG has been 
> >particularly good at addressing this aspect of learning.
> 
> Richard,
> 
> I have to date stayed out of the CAUT discussion - didn't have time 
> to read all the posts thoroughly enough (I wish people would just get 
> to the point instead of writing long dissertations) but the paragraph 
> above stood out as something that I can agree with wholeheartedly - 
> especially the last sentence. This is something that I have been 
> painfully aware of as a results of many post-exam discussions with 
> candidates whom I tested over the past 19 years - which led me to 
> think about how effective the various modes of instruction prevalent 
> in the PTG actually are. Some day I might write up some of those 
> thoughts...  For now, I am glad to see that there are others who are 
> aware that this at least is worth looking into...
> 
> Israel Stein
>