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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 11:19:00 -0400
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- From: Aimee Howley <ESS016@MARSHALL.MU.WVNET.EDU>
- Subject: Re: classic education books
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- In response to Bob Stonehill's question about the relevance of my
- question: I think that there are many experiences that inform
- any given teacher's practice, and I'm not at all certain that we
- can know in advance what those experiences will (or should be). In
- working with prospective teachers I have often missed the mark when I
- have tried to offer them classic readings in education. Ultimately,
- I am much more concerned that they have some powerful experiences that
- guide their thoughtful practice than that anyone try to predetermine
- what those experiences might be. As a consequence, I suspect that
- not-so-classic books in education can be just as much a catalyst
- for critical thinking about education and for reflective practice
- as so called classics might be. I also believe that non-education
- classics or not-so-classic works might be similarly instructive.
- --Aimee Howley
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