New and Old Paradigms of Teaching

OLD
NEW
Knowledge is:
Transferred from Teacher to Students
Jointly Constructed by Students and Teachers
Students are:
Passive...waiting to be filled
Active, Discoverers, Constructors
Faculty
Classify and sort students
Develop students' competencies
Relationships between teacher & student
Impersonal
Personal
Context
Competitive, individualistic
Cooperative, emphasized Teamwork
Assumption
Any expert can teach
Teaching is Complex, requires training
This table was adapted from an unknown reference. If you know of the actual reference, please e-mail Mark Kleinman

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