This is a re-post of something I’ve written for Talking Teaching. I’ve reproduced it here because I think the notion of teaching things like critical thinking & the nature of science are just as relevant here as they are in a discussion about teaching itself.
I’ve just been reading a post by Tim Kreider, over at Science-Based Medicine. Tim’s talking about the learning experiences of medical students, but a particular phrase caught my eye. I”m reproducing it here because I think it can be applied much more widely: students are in the habit of transcribing and commiting to memory everything uttered by …
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