tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post9222925971750489149..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: What If...Roryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-8143536286110165922014-10-24T07:58:21.879-07:002014-10-24T07:58:21.879-07:00
Intelligence and imagination go hand in hand. A s...<br />Intelligence and imagination go hand in hand. A smart person “sees” possibilities that others don’t - both problems and solutions. For example, “What if instead of doing it this way, we try to do it this way?”<br /><br />On the other hand, “What if…” is also a tool of the not-so-bright. When a teacher is explaining how to do something in a certain situation, and the student interrupts with “What if …”, many times the student is not exhibiting deep insight. The student is looking for an answer, not a solution.<br /><br />What many students don’t understand is that the purpose of teaching is to provide students with the ability to find solutions for themselves. Effective teaching does not provide answers which are then regurgitated by the student. In the real world, there are few answers, but many solutions.<br /><br />When students who are looking for answers encounter a teacher that believes that he or she has all the answers, effective learning is unlikely to occur.<br />Erik Kondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517214990308875256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-65503227022954482672014-10-22T19:22:22.839-07:002014-10-22T19:22:22.839-07:00:-):-)Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-65154175473997913412014-10-21T07:25:19.115-07:002014-10-21T07:25:19.115-07:00Great post! Gotta love the "why" stage. ...Great post! Gotta love the "why" stage. Sometimes I think I answer more questions on a single trip driving my boys to judo class than I did during my five years teaching at a community college. :)<br /><br />EricEric Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440343265685992640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-67061179940231432792014-10-20T16:15:09.939-07:002014-10-20T16:15:09.939-07:00Asking why 5 or 6 times is standard practice in al...Asking why 5 or 6 times is standard practice in all industrial root cause analysis. However, few people have the balls to actually follow the practice and ask 5 times because they are afraid to start a monkey dance (my theory on why.) But if you don't ask why and you don't challenge the thinking and even more dangerous the culture then things have no chance of improving. Sit at your desk and be a good little monkey or scream like a howler monkey ...me i am going to channel my inner 2 year old and drive them all batty...who's in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com