RE: What really matters in teaching

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Lora Kaisler (lkaisler@imsa.edu)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:19:26 -0600 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:19:26 -0600
From: Lora Kaisler <lkaisler@imsa.edu>
Subject: RE: What really matters in teaching

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In response to Ken Myers' comment of Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:11:03

>You must recongize when students are still trying to achieve and when they
>have actually dempnstrated mastery of what you are trying to teach. This is
>not something a teacher should be learning during the lesson. This is the
>preparation they must complete before assuming the role of teacher.
>Otherwise, you should label yourself with all the other learners in the
>class as student.

How does one recognize when students are still trying to achieve?
How does one recognize when students have actually demonstrated mastery?
How does one prepare to teach a class s/he has never met?
Don't teachers have to be learners, albeit of a different proximal
developmental level, in order to respond to growth in students?

You may be referring to standards here; I'm not sure. However, content
standards and lesson objectives do not completely prepare a teacher for the
intricacies of reading individual personalities in a classroom. In this
respect, we must all remain students, if we truly wish to teach one another.

Sincerely,
Lora Kaisler

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