Tag: idols
Idol of Cave in Teaching and Learning
One of the stumbling blocks, she found, was that “a desire to get good [student] evaluations posed a risk to their willingness to innovate.” But an even stronger source of inertia was the need to hang on to their “personal identity affirmation” — in other words, to avoid appearing stupid in the lecture hall. One…
Idol of Cave toward Math Class Hinders Change
Most high school graduates in the United States have experienced around 1,500 hours of mathematics instruction. This experience creates powerful expectations for mathematics teaching and learning among the general public that does not exist for other professions. Consider physicians. None of us spent our formative years observing a physician at work for 1 hour a…