I NEVER CARED MUCH FOR PEOPLE ON POWER- TRIPS.
On the law teacher course today we were discussing what makes a good law teacher. One person (male) said that a good teacher is someone that you "fear" and who intimidates you. (S)he makes you do your reading, since you know that you'll be called on/ picked on in the classroom and you don't want to be embarrassed in front of the other students. So you do well on your exams.
I on the other hand voiced the opinion that to learn better and for a long- term purpose, to actually get interested in the subject rather than dreading it and to get past the short- term goal of just doing well in your exam something else might be preferable. A good teacher is the teacher who knows and can distinguish between the student that needs to be "scared" to work better and the student next to her who might need a completely different tool to get motivated- such as positive feedback. And then acts accordingly. After all, isn't the point to give people the confidence to express their opinions and get better at what they do?
However, my lecturer laughed at this and said that "Well, perhaps what you prefer is a question of gender." Unfortunately he didn't want to elaborate on why that would be the case. Probably because it isn't. Just a shame for the guys that I know that don't actually like the Socratic method at all. But I guess they're just being girls. Plus they wouldn't ever tell anyone else anyway, so...
And at a more general level, I never cared much for people on power- trips. When you pay £9000 in tuition fees I think that's enough of a scare tactic...
I on the other hand voiced the opinion that to learn better and for a long- term purpose, to actually get interested in the subject rather than dreading it and to get past the short- term goal of just doing well in your exam something else might be preferable. A good teacher is the teacher who knows and can distinguish between the student that needs to be "scared" to work better and the student next to her who might need a completely different tool to get motivated- such as positive feedback. And then acts accordingly. After all, isn't the point to give people the confidence to express their opinions and get better at what they do?
However, my lecturer laughed at this and said that "Well, perhaps what you prefer is a question of gender." Unfortunately he didn't want to elaborate on why that would be the case. Probably because it isn't. Just a shame for the guys that I know that don't actually like the Socratic method at all. But I guess they're just being girls. Plus they wouldn't ever tell anyone else anyway, so...
And at a more general level, I never cared much for people on power- trips. When you pay £9000 in tuition fees I think that's enough of a scare tactic...
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