In Defense of Snape (Against Snape in JKR's words)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 122277


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" <drednort at a...> 
wrote:
> 
> That's certainly true of me... and I think it's true of a lot of 
> other people involved as well.

Finwitch:

What anyone should do, is figure out what is one's personal method of 
learning.

Channel: Visual (student needs to SEE it - a visual teacher wants to 
*show* things - up in the canvas/blackboard). Auditive (student needs 
to hear it - teacher would TALK, Explain etc.). Kinetic (movement. 
student learns best when *moving* at the same time. Excercise bike or 
chewing gum or maybe even writing will do in your regular class, 
teacher will probably move around, and gesture a lot). Most people 
have more than one channel in use, but some have only one. And I'm 
not talking about extremes like blind/deaf/invalid.

I think that the best kind of teacher would make ALL channels 
available, one way or other.

Then there's of course more:

Environment & position: how ordered a table do you like? do you 
prefer background voices(sound) or silence? how do you prefer to 
read? - move around with the book open, lie on the floor or sit at a 
table? What kind of light is best for you?

Concentration: One thing at a time or multitasking?

Directions: how detailed directions suit you best? Do you like to go 
from wholity to details or the opposite?

Routine or changes?

Eating something while you do it?

Nah - at school, I think, all channels ought to be available in every 
class -- but, in one way or other everyone will need to compromise 
something. They can't serve all students perfectly, but that's the 
least they can do - allow all learning channels to be used.

But at home, I think that parents should not be telling their 
children how to do their homework (Like well - telling the kid to 
turn down the music - the child may *need* the music on in order to 
learn).

Finwitch