Dan Severson

I have a question. What is more important teaching content or teaching effective learning strategies? I would propose effective learning strategies. If you can accomplish getting students to learn these strategies it is more likely that they will learn the content. If you just teach the content the students are likely to just learn the material for the exam and then flush it.

I tend to think of teaching/learning as hunting. The objective is to harvest game but it is not the sole satisfaction. The challenge of the hunt, the ability to experiecne nature, and the thrill of trying to outsmart your game are the ultimate rush. Like learning content is the objective but having students experience self discovery, improved self esteem, and critical thinking might just be better than content. Isn't it our job, as educators, to supply our students with information that will make them successful adults. The content we teach may not be relevant to their daily lives but how we teach content may have a longer impression.

So lets try to find better ways to get our message across.