tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post8198767949840891577..comments2024-03-23T14:17:37.033-04:00Comments on Hammered Out Bits: Knowledge or Wisdom?the Wareham Forgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584324650436543045noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-54208452889446261832007-03-05T16:48:00.000-05:002007-03-05T16:48:00.000-05:00Ooooo.Ok, so I have to aruge with everything, righ...Ooooo.<BR/><BR/>Ok, so I have to aruge with everything, right, I'm Unnr.<BR/><BR/>So, devil's advocate:<BR/>"The kid" is learning more by actually querying the knowledgeable one than he would by recieving a single pass of information. He is also learning more at once than "Dave," because he's getting background and foreground information in one pass.<BR/><BR/>You may give him more data in one answere by explaining the condidtions, etc, western style, but you are not teaching him how to recognise those features -- you're assuming he already knows.<BR/><BR/>The old indian is teaching in a more integrated manner, by including both information about how to recognise a supple tree as well as that a supple tree is needed. AND he's allowing the kid to direct the learning experience by letting the kid query him rather than just suck up what he's given in terms of knowledge.<BR/><BR/>This is why I'm a terrible student in the usual style of teaching around here. I *hate* to suck up what I'm given, I want to query the teacher...<BR/><BR/>That said, I think this is a "he's right and he's right -- they can't both be right" situation. No style matches every student ;)Michael Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270513549798475948noreply@blogger.com