04/30/15; Week 02: Response to "Is the Great American Teacher Dead?"


John J. Ivers, a professor from BYU quotes "Public speaking and teaching are cousins". It is not possible to separate them, students are a public who are waiting for teaching. That must be "delivery". Delivery means the way in which it is transmitted, it does not matter if the teacher masters an area of ​​knowledge when teaching it, if he does not know how to transmit it, he will have failed.


An outsider will always account for the environment much better than an insider. In this way, we can realize the performance of the teaching form. Errors can be corrected. The enthusiasm of a teacher will positively impact the development of knowledge acquisition in the student. Therefore, a good speech accompanied by a clear and concise explanation will be the best way in which a student can learn.


A motivated student will be more receptive and will learn more. This can lead to better performance and maintaining good physical health, outside of the stress that may be caused by the student's environment or teaching methodology. It is known that the environment will determine the way in which a student can learn, whether from a rural or urban area, probably the student from rural areas will lack a diversity of opportunities to learn, but mentally he may have much fewer worries than a student town.


If an architect does not try to create a good foundation that supports a building, it will possibly collapse, or have structural problems all its life. In the same way that a general takes care of his troops for greater performance. The teacher must take care of the form of delivery of it. Otherwise, your student will lack solidity in learning.


Will a teacher's self-criticism be enough to change the delivery? Or is the intervention of an outsider necessary to provide feedback?

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  1. Ana17 de mayo de 2022 a las 11:17 a.m.

    Hi Fernando,
    I like what you said about being clear and concise. Even though it won't guarantee that a student understands, being clear makes the content simple and gives students the best chance to understand it. I have noticed when I have an enthusiastic teacher who appreciates the students and their contributions, that is what makes me motivated to want to be involved and learn.

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  2. ESL Whiteboard17 de mayo de 2022 a las 8:19 p.m.

    Hi Fernando, I like your analogy of the architect and the importance of a teacher to help a student to create a solid foundation where learning will be nourish and flourished. I think that to have feedback from outsiders will always be helpful that just relying on self-criticisms. It makes me think of the student feedbacks we have to do this week for out instructors.

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  3. Perla T25 de mayo de 2022 a las 6:42 p.m.

    Will a teacher's self-criticism be enough to change the delivery? Or is the intervention of an outsider necessary to provide feedback? In my concept, we need both, 50/50, self-criticism to improve our teaching, we can detect in our students what they need. And received observations or suggestions for students or teachers to improve our lesson plans.

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