[AAACE-NLA] Toward a True Dialogue

[AWilder106@aol.com]

Debbie,

Thank you very much for speaking as you have.  This is how I too worked as a teacher, and I assume (cannot test this) that many teachers work this way, also.

This is what John Dewey espoused:  ask questions, gather data, analyse data against the questions, then formulate more questions--it is a growth method of learning.  And it is 100% scientific.  This is what ANY scientist does.  ANY SCIENTIST.

And if anyone on this list needs an example of ANY SCIENTIST, go to the work of neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux, known for research on the amygdala--world class guy--this is the process he went through. 

I really appreciate your thoughtful response.

As you can tell, I get pretty steamed when the science of teaching is run over with a Mack truck.  Some say "art of teaching" because it would be impossible to ennumerate all the variables.  Just so we're all on the same page.

Andrea