Re: Educating Judges

[John Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>]

I think I would agree that lecturing is not the best method to teach JT.

I have given JT a lot of times, mostly in the garden. My method, and I think it is well received, involves getting the student involved in the process. Students don't get away with just standing there and listening. If they don't volunteer to answer a question or get involved in the discussion about a subject, I will call on them - an I tell them that at the start of the training.

I am not out to embarrass anyone so my questions are often to elicit a comment about their experience on the particular topic. Sort of the socratic method without the confrontational and disputative aspect of it.

I will then often put them in groups to go look at a clump and discuss the various aspects that we have been talking about. That brings out the experiences of all the participants for everyone to benefit from. I think a lot of judges do that. 

JT can be fun and it is about teaching. You have to remember that it is not the student's responsibility to learn but the teachers responsibility to teach in a manner that communicates to the student. 

John

On Jan 1, 2012, at 6:49 PM, R. Dennis Hager wrote:

> There is a connection here. Just use your imagination.
> 
> bPhysicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Toolb
> http://www.npr.org/2012/01/01/144550920/physicists-seek-to-lose-the-lecture-a
> s-teaching-tool
> 
> Dennis Hager
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