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  • 1.  Professors as Teachers - Re: Edryce

    Posted 11-17-2001 17:29
    From: Nicholas W. Twigg [mailto:twiggnw@hal.lamar.edu]

    In response to the comment about professors as TEACHERS:

    > I agree that professors should "teach". Maybe I am being really naive
    > here, but I believe that at the university level (where we have
    > professors. High schools have teachers) the professor should have
    > something to "profess." An area of expertise and knowledge that goes
    > beyond some textbook. I believe that a good measure of that expertise
    > can be obtained from what professors have to say about their area of
    > knowledge. To insure that the university professor is not passing on
    > old, outdated, anecdotal, and wrong information, a review of the
    > professor's thoughts and studies by a group of others qualified to
    > understand the ideas is necessary. Published articles in scholarly
    > journals meet this critieria.

    Just a thought from a naive professor at a university.

    Nick
    twiggnw@hal.lamar.edu


  • 2.  Professors as Teachers - Edryce

    Posted 11-17-2001 19:19
    Nicholas Twigg,

    I like your brand of naivete! Could you please direct
    me to a half dozen scholarly articles that represent
    YOUR kind of naivete? It could help me with mine.

    Edryce

    --- Charles Wankel <wankelc@optonline.net> wrote:
    > From: Nicholas W. Twigg
    > [mailto:twiggnw@hal.lamar.edu]
    >
    > In response to the comment about professors as
    > TEACHERS:
    >
    > > I agree that professors should "teach". Maybe I am
    > being really naive
    > > here, but I believe that at the university level
    > (where we have
    > > professors. High schools have teachers) the
    > professor should have
    > > something to "profess." An area of expertise and
    > knowledge that goes
    > > beyond some textbook. I believe that a good
    > measure of that expertise
    > > can be obtained from what professors have to say
    > about their area of
    > > knowledge. To insure that the university professor
    > is not passing on
    > > old, outdated, anecdotal, and wrong information, a
    > review of the
    > > professor's thoughts and studies by a group of
    > others qualified to
    > > understand the ideas is necessary. Published
    > articles in scholarly
    > > journals meet this critieria.
    >
    > Just a thought from a naive professor at a
    > university.
    >
    > Nick
    > twiggnw@hal.lamar.edu


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