{"id":7101,"date":"2018-10-23T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=7101"},"modified":"2020-12-02T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T22:02:35","slug":"the-club-theory-of-teaching-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/23\/the-club-theory-of-teaching-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Club Theory of Teaching and Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"\"Or – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blue Rule<\/span><\/h2>\n

I have a colleague (thanks Patrick<\/a>) who has a “Club Theory” for how we teach a discipline.
\nIt involves a metaphorical CLUB with distinct bumps in it.
\nEach discipline has their own Special CLUB with bumps deemed appropriate for that discipline.<\/p>\n

When WE were students, we were repeatedly hit over the head with this CLUB until the dents in our skulls mirrored those in the CLUB.<\/p>\n

There has even been some musing, especially with students that choose to go into some specialty programs with stiff admission requirements or high attrition, (engineering, medicine) that they might already<\/em> have some of those particular bumps.<\/p>\n

The Club Theory holds that this is why they gravitate to that field in the first place: they \u2018fit in\u2019, so success is in that field is not \u2018quite so painful\u2019.<\/p>\n

When we become teachers, we are presented with THE CLUB, and can proceed to beat our OWN students over the head until they too have all the appropriate dents.<\/p>\n

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This is kind of the opposite of the Golden Rule:<\/p>\n

The BLUE Rule:
\nDo unto others what was done unto you.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And, in case you are wondering,
\nYES, I have THOSE dents*.<\/p>\n

*The Computer Science Geek dents.<\/em><\/p>\n