Guest guest Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 It strikes me that many of the same folks on this list who are so adamant about protecting and elevating our " profession " and the titles and scope, etc. are equally vociferous in their contempt for the opinions of the seasoned educators on this list. In other words, some hold the idea the acupuncturists are the sole profession that should have the legal right to practice acupuncture and chinese herbology because we are the only fully and properly trained experts in this field. Yet while it is widely recognized that teaching and clinical practice are separate skills that do no necessarily overlap in the same person, there are many who seem to think that despite having no formal training in education or extensive experience in instructional design, that they are somehow qualified to pass judgment in this arena. The average practitioner is certainly able to relate his layperson's version of his experience as student. But that is pretty much where the usefulness of the input ends for most. Raw, unformed data. Merely having taught or even actively teaching is still different than being a teacher. If you have never considered the huge body of though out there on the topic, you are not a teacher. You just happen to teach. Experienced clinicians in our field generally don't have much patience for the supposedly " expert " opinions of an MD with 300 hours of training. Experienced educators likewise generally gloss over the words of those who also lack any semblance of expertise in this distinct profession (teaching,I mean) other than having once been students themselves. If you weren't taught to teach, you didn't learn it just by being taught. Chinese Herbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I am not sure what your point in all of this is and its rellevance. Clarity would be appreciated. Thanks Mike W. Bowser, L Ac > < > >cha > teachers and practitioners >Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:10:17 -0800 > >It strikes me that many of the same folks on this list who are so >adamant about protecting and elevating our " profession " and the titles >and scope, etc. are equally vociferous in their contempt for the >opinions of the seasoned educators on this list. In other words, some >hold the idea the acupuncturists are the sole profession that should >have the legal right to practice acupuncture and chinese herbology >because we are the only fully and properly trained experts in this >field. Yet while it is widely recognized that teaching and clinical >practice are separate skills that do no necessarily overlap in the same >person, there are many who seem to think that despite having no formal >training in education or extensive experience in instructional design, >that they are somehow qualified to pass judgment in this arena. The >average practitioner is certainly able to relate his layperson's >version of his experience as student. But that is pretty much where >the usefulness of the input ends for most. Raw, unformed data. Merely >having taught or even actively teaching is still different than being a >teacher. If you have never considered the huge body of though out >there on the topic, you are not a teacher. You just happen to teach. >Experienced clinicians in our field generally don't have much patience >for the supposedly " expert " opinions of an MD with 300 hours of >training. Experienced educators likewise generally gloss over the >words of those who also lack any semblance of expertise in this >distinct profession (teaching,I mean) other than having once been >students themselves. If you weren't taught to teach, you didn't learn >it just by being taught. > > > >Chinese Herbs > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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