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Cultivating the Teaching Moment
Author(s) -
Chin Elizabeth
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
general anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1939-3466
pISSN - 1537-1727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-3466.2008.00007.x
Subject(s) - chin , excellence , library science , citation , sociology , philosophy , computer science , medicine , epistemology , anatomy
Teaching, for me, is fundamentally about facilitating an atmosphere in which students are able to learn, and creating opportunities for all of us to broaden our understanding of what learning is and how it can be accomplished. Because my classroom is a space in which learning is collaborative and processual as opposed to authoritarian and outcome oriented, students often have to rethink many of their assumptions about knowledge and learning, teaching and education. I want students to learn how to learn, to come away from their learning experiences with the ability to apply their problem-solving, Successful Teaching