Gogy's etc.

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Martin Owen (t.m.owen@bangor.ac.uk)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:42:46 +0000 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:42:46 +0000
From: Martin Owen <t.m.owen@bangor.ac.uk>
Subject: Gogy's etc.

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Here are som clippings from another list I inhabit. I thought were
appropriate to this debate:

they come from Eugene Matusov, University of Delaware.
>
>>>Teacher Centered: Internalization is the goal or prerequisite of the
>>>community or activity rather than the byproduct.
>>>
>>>Student Centered: Appropriation, identity formation, construction,
>>>ownership is the goal or prerequsite of the community or activity rather
>>>than the byproduct.
>
>Adult-run -- or transmission of knowledge;
>Children-run -- or discovery learning where adults follows kids' interests
>and provides enriched learning environment;
>Collaborative -- based on sharing inquires, interests, and ownership for
>learning and guidance where kids learn how to learn and adults guide them
>how to do that.
>
>We argue for relative independence of teaching method and educational
>philosophy. For example, lecturing as a teaching method can be done within
>the three ed. philosophies. For the adult-run approach, lecturing is
>transmission of knowledge. For the children-run approach, lecturing is
>verbal "hand-on" environment. For the collaborative approach, a long
>dialogic turn. Teaching methods by themselves do not reveal ed.
>philosophies that are behind them.
>
>Although teaching methods relatively independent form ed. philosophies, ed.
>philosophies gravitate to some specific methods. For example, the
>adult-run
>approach prefers lecturing and dittos because it is much easier to control
>students for transmitting knowledge in these guidance formats than in
>groupwork.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Eugene
>
>

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