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benefits(?) of tranactionalism in education - bbi07 session 2

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 8:35pm.
Reminder to myself (and any one else interested): Given that we are all living in "virtuality" (ie that a given set of observations will inevitably lead to different "stories" in different people), an "interactive" form of education becomes not only politically correct or "nice" but essential. One cannot know what others will take/see from what one has said except by asking them, engaging them in conversation. And that "interactive" process in turn creates a vulnerability in oneself to the possibility that what someone else has heard/seen alters one's own understanding ("story"). One can see that vulnerability either as a price to be paid for being an effective teacher or as a benefit to be gained. My inclination, of course, is to the latter, to enjoy (rather than fear) the possibility that a student's "story" resulting from a given set of observations will challenge/modify one's own.

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