To: James Lyttle
I get excitement and enthusiasm ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER before I enter
the class room, (So much so that I sometimes hesitate to interrupt.)
During my time in the classroom AND after I leave. I'm not sure that
would happen if what I do as a teacher got removed from the equation.
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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, James B Lyttle wrote:
> > I'm a doctoral student, wanting to eventually go into academia
>
> It will be very helpful to decide first what your life is about
> (what you're "trying to prove" on this planet, as it were)
> and then decide later whether going into academia will help.
>
>
>
> > doubt many things about the educational system in general.
>
> I consider it to be an artifact of the industrial age,
> which is nearly over.
>
>
>
> > What can we do to catch student's attention ...
>
> Consider this.
>
> The minute the teacher leaves the room,
> there is energy, excitement, and motivation galore
> (although it's not focussed on the course content).
>
> What we need to do is simple, but radical.
> In effect, we need to take out the teacher,
>
> This will revive the energy in the room,
> and then we need to find a way to focus it.
> (games, contests, exercises, ???)
>
> Are these ideas too specific to public schooling
> to be of use to those of you in management ed?
>
>
>
> James B (Jim) Lyttle
>
jlyttle@bus.yorku.ca
>