I am starting into Bruce Wilkinson's series, "The Seven Laws of the Learner," listening to his talks on cassette tape while I drive to school. I got through the first law yesterday, the Law of the Learner. The premise of this first talk is to introduce a new pedagogical paradigm. A lot of the teachers that I have had over the years have been primarily focused on presenting course content but have been relatively unconcerned with whether or not the students actually pick up the information. Wilkinson asserts that learning is the responsibility of the teacher. A lot of teachers seem to think that they are only responsible to present material and it is the student's responsibility to learn it; if the student doesn't pay attention or participate, such a teacher would not feel responsible. By taking responsibility for the student's learning, the teacher becomes infinitely more effective. What good, after all, is it to teach and produce no knew knowledge in your pupils?
If you do any kind of teaching or leading I would encourage you to check out this series by Bruce Wilkinson, it contains some revolutionary ideas about the role of the teacher and I can only wait with bated breath to find out what else is in store in the next six Laws of the Learner.
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