Re: IFETS-DISCUSS Digest - 24 Feb 1999 to 25 Feb 1999

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Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:48:35 +0100 (MET) 

Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:48:35 +0100 (MET)
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Re: IFETS-DISCUSS Digest - 24 Feb 1999 to 25 Feb 1999

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Dear IFETS Forum,

Here is Tireless Arun, would like to comment albeit cautiously..here..

On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, MARCEL D'Eon wrote:

>
> I have been observing the discussion with great curiosity. Perhaps I have
> an observation to make that might be useful for this topic.
>
Prof. David Merrill wrote:
>
> >Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:35:49 -0700
> >From: "M. David Merrill" <merrill@cc.usu.edu>
> >Subject: Re: "Learning Strategies Then and Now: Same or Different?"
> >
> >A very late after the discussion is over.
> >Peter Arashiro's distinction between who is responsible here? the student
> >or the instruction? inspires me to make the following comment which is at
> >the heart of my argument.
> >

In the instruction, the role of teacher and student are both important!
Because, the teacher and student are the two wheels of the instruction
method.

> >1. The great goal of education is self-directed learners. I assume that
> >we all want the learner to ultimately be in charge of their learning.
> >However, there is ample evidence that many learners don't know how to
> >learn. If they did we could dispense with this very expensive enterprise
> >called education and training. However, since they don't then the
> >collective wisdom of many generations is that some sort of formal education
> >is required to help them.
>--snipped for brevity------------------------------
Best Regards
Arun Tripathi

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