Comments on: SAFRI: Introduction, teams and leadership http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/03/safri-introduction-teams-and-leadership/ Exploring clinical education at a South African university Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Rowe http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/03/safri-introduction-teams-and-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Michael Rowe Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:52:20 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/?p=988#comment-984 I agree with you about the eye contact. I know that I sometimes wonder if my students are listening when they're looking somewhere else. I think that I need to feel as if I have their undivided attention, which seems most obvious when they're looking directly at me. I'm trying to be better at making sure that my teaching style is interesting enough that I don't need to "demand" their attention, but rather that it's a natural response to what we're doing in class. To get back to the laptop though, I know that I'd be over the moon if I had a student who was listening to the discussion in the classroom, tweeting short comments, finding a relevant video that we could watch immediately, expanding an obscure term using the Wikipedia entry, etc. You're right, "teaching" involves more than having students listen, and "learning" involves far more than students' listening, and that need a mind shift. Thanks for your comment. I agree with you about the eye contact. I know that I sometimes wonder if my students are listening when they’re looking somewhere else. I think that I need to feel as if I have their undivided attention, which seems most obvious when they’re looking directly at me. I’m trying to be better at making sure that my teaching style is interesting enough that I don’t need to “demand” their attention, but rather that it’s a natural response to what we’re doing in class.

To get back to the laptop though, I know that I’d be over the moon if I had a student who was listening to the discussion in the classroom, tweeting short comments, finding a relevant video that we could watch immediately, expanding an obscure term using the Wikipedia entry, etc. You’re right, “teaching” involves more than having students listen, and “learning” involves far more than students’ listening, and that need a mind shift.

Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/2010/03/safri-introduction-teams-and-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Anonymous Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:36:38 +0000 http://www.mrowe.co.za/blog/?p=988#comment-983 It could be about eye contact but its also understanding that the learning experience is much more than what happens when you "teach" - so whether a student sits with a pen or a laptop while you teach is irrelevant cause there are many other factors that will ensure that you are learning It could be about eye contact but its also understanding that the learning experience is much more than what happens when you “teach” – so whether a student sits with a pen or a laptop while you teach is irrelevant cause there are many other factors that will ensure that you are learning

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