elektrizitat ([info]elektrizitat) wrote,
@ 2008-07-23 08:29:00
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From The Interaction of Color by Albers - a book I was not that thrilled with (probably due to it being the 1972 condensed edition which has few color plates to refer to), but in which I did enjoy this quote:

"In the end, teaching is a matter not of method but of heart. Therefore, the most decisive factor is the teacher's personality. His enthusiastic concern with the student's growth counts more than how much he knows. It is well known that "the teacher is always right," but rarely does this fact elicit respect or sympathy; even less often does it prove competence and authority.

But the teacher actually is right and always will gain confidence when he admits that he does not know, that he cannot decide, and as is often is with color, that he is unable to make a choice or to give advice.

Besides, good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers."



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[info]spun_g
2008-07-23 03:42 pm UTC (link)
much agreed.

I would say my favorite teachers from grade school to college have always been the ones who had enthusiasm for the subject at hand.

any teacher can preach you the facts, but a good teacher will help you learn to see with fresh eyes and experience the subject right along with you.

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[info]eaghra
2008-07-23 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Best teachers ever were Ted and George. Those two seemed so fried half of the time that I thought I wasn't going to learn anything related to that field other than how to bs my way to a degree. I couldn't have been more wrong. It was the enthusiasm, questioning and subtle prodding in directions beyond technical that they saw I couldn't comprehend which won me over as time went on.

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