Teaching, Learning and What Happens In-between Bill Byers University of Ulster.

Teaching, Learning and What Teaching, Learning and What Happens In-betweenHappens In-between

Bill ByersBill ByersUniversity of UlsterUniversity of Ulster

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Teaching and learning are not synonymous: Teaching and learning are not synonymous: we can teach–and teach well–without having we can teach–and teach well–without having the students learnthe students learn

George Bodner (1986)George Bodner (1986)

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BEWARE!BEWARE!

• The Need To Be Always RightThe Need To Be Always Right

• Insufficient Time On TaskInsufficient Time On Task

• The EmperorThe Emperor’’s Clothess Clothes

You learn more by getting things You learn more by getting things wrong than by getting them rightwrong than by getting them right

Its not stupid to get things wrong. Its not stupid to get things wrong. Its only stupid when we donIts only stupid when we don’’t t

learn from our mistakeslearn from our mistakes

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Encouraged by:Encouraged by:– Open ended problemsOpen ended problems– Case study/role playCase study/role play– Group workGroup work– Oral/poster presentationsOral/poster presentations– Student control of Student control of

processprocess– relevancerelevance

Discouraged by:Discouraged by:– Too much Too much

informationinformation– SemesterisationSemesterisation– Part-time jobsPart-time jobs