> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 05:46:43 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Bob Parks <bparks@wuecona.wustl.edu>
> Reply-To: tch-econ@lumen.elon.edu
> To: tch-econ@lumen.elon.edu
> Subject: Re: Finals
>
>
> The real problem is that we neither are taught how to teach, nor
> told what goals we should really achive, nor is there any real
> analysis of what methods work to achive long term goals.
Isn't this a scary thought? It's so true.
I have to add though that I'm not sure that I want anyone to tell me what
to achieve in class. Some people want students to memorize. I want them
to realize that economics is an informative, if somewhat peculiar, way of
thinking about the world.
Jerry Dwyer
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