Teaching on a Tightrope offers those seeking to play the teacher's
role a way of thinking about the major components of teaching.
These components or dimensions are described in terms of pairings
that interact and overlap with each other, e.g., teaching as art
and science, content and process, theory and practice, cognition
and emotion. Each pairing is focused on the overall relationship
and communication between actor/actress, the teacher, and audience,
the students. Throughout the book, a rationale is proposed that a
truly great teacher must learn how to balance the many components
of teaching to fit both subject and audience. Success depends upon
the knowledge, skill, and performance of the one playing teacher in
reaching those in the student roles. Practice must be informed by
theory, content by process, cognition by emotion; no single factor
can stand by itself, but must link to others. By expanding your
understanding of a teacher's many roles, you can experiment with a
wide variety of instructional methods to motivate and sustain
student learning. Reliance on one technique, lecturing or group
work, from this point of view does not guarantee success in
creating interested learners. Much more is need to achieve a
joining of ideas, techniques, subject, and atmosphere, above all,
attention to audience needs and interests, anxieties and problems.
Communication, the heart of teaching should be thought of as at
least a two way, or better yet, a multi-path interchange of ideas
and emotions. As teachers grow in experience and skill, they draw
upon many sources for inspiration and satisfaction. They slowly
integrate facts, ideas, concepts, and feelings into an overall
philosophy that guides their choices of effective methods and
materials in promoting learning. A balance emerges from competing
factors and audience adaptations, or doesn't, leading to a sense of
euphoria and success, or a feeling of depression and failure.
Teaching is portrayed as difficult and rewarding, yet often
disappointing as well,
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