Pedagogy In The Trade: Changing Emphasis | #79

I want to start talking about teaching in the geek trades. Today in particular, I want to talk about "emphasis", what our style & materials stresses or underlines about the path to mastery for our up and coming geeks. I am by nature an analyst, a theorist, and a person driven to critique. That makes me pretty negative-seeming at times. That's not accidental. I find that I often can't find a way forward until I have thoroughly identified what I don't like about where I am now. Of course, while one does this, one also shares it, often enough in snarky asides. I recently tossed one out about the damage done by crummy pedagogy. It was with respect to TDD, but that's irrelevant. I actually feel the same way about most of our teaching in the trade. A respondent asked me to say more about how we could change -- for the better --professional teaching and learning in the trade. This is my first swing at a more positive response. --- You can read the full transcription of this podcast over on GeePawHill.org. Any feedback, you can always tweet @GeePawHill on Twitter, or drop a voice message via the voice messages link here on Anchor. If you are interested in becoming more involved in the Change-Harvesting community, click here to learn how to join GeePaw's Camerata.