TEACHERS? An inquiry into pedagogy
 
	Are most teachers teachers
	or mere teaching machines?
	
	Do they see students as independent learners
	or just objects to be lectured to
	& injected with ideologies?

	Do they view classrooms as places for discovery
	or worker training factories?

	Do they regard errors as interesting conjectures
	or aberrations to be covered with ink?

	The next time you enter a classroom
	take a moment to think:
	What do you care about –
	rituals fostering mediocrity?
	standard tests measuring trivial things?
	or perhaps helping others
	discover their dreams?


Satoru:  These argh the questions all teachers should ask . . .

Melissa: Perhaps, but maybe we need ta accept deh fuct that nearly every lesson iz less 
         thun perfect – and in dah long run dat's perfectly okay.

Satoru:  If you're content with mediocrity, yes. Yet if ya believe education is the 
         most important human endeavor, how could we be less than conscientious?

Liao:    Recognizing each individual is merely one small fuctor in a larger equation 
         is a start. And first 'n foremost we must remember ta be human – too many 
         teachers desiring ta be perfect forget dat they're merely human.

Melissa: There iz ahh paradox at play: we must regard ourselves both lightly 'n seriously. 
         On one hand, students will learn despite our infelicities. On the other hand, 
         we're responsible for everythang thut whiii doooooozzz . . .

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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: An artwork, poem, and conversation about critical classroom practice
KEYWORDS: instructional objectives, teacher roles, teaching belief, inept teachers, teaching principles, pedagogy

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1997 in Taipei, Taiwan / Finished: 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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DEUTSCH:  https://www.tnewfields.info/de/lehrer.htm
ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/prof.htm
FRANÇAIS: https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/enseign.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kyoushi.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/shao-shi.htm