>From owner-trad-l@LISTSERV.VT.EDU Thu Mar 6 14:23:07 1997 Received: from listserv.vt.edu (listserv.vt.edu [128.173.4.9]) by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA33104; Thu, 6 Mar 1997 14:23:06 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.VT.EDU by LISTSERV.VT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 606216 for TRAD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU; Thu, 6 Mar 1997 14:23:06 -0500 Received: from sable.cc.vt.edu (sable.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.30]) by listserv.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA61514 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 1997 14:23:05 -0500 Received: from [128.173.76.110] (wiley.ceut.vt.edu [128.173.76.110]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id OAA05391 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 1997 14:23:05 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: wiley@mail.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 14:25:15 -0400 Reply-To: "Terry M. Wildman" Sender: trad-l Discussion List From: "Terry M. Wildman" Subject: Re: an elaboration To: TRAD-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU I concur with Cathy's idea that the various developmental theories will give us some good ideas about how to construct a "developmentally appropriate" curriculum for our students. I can add to her references, and also provide some additional ideas from other sources about the importance of looking at the whole picture...that is, learning and development that occurs over relatively long time periods in contrast to the short periods (i.e., courses) that we normally think about when doing our work as individual faculty members. One of the really important things about this kind of thinking is that it forces us to deal with the kind of teaching and learning environments that promote real conceptual shifts. More later. Terry >Here is a brief passage which can either be woven into what I have already >written about efficiency vs. effectiveness or into Terry's piece about how >learning occurs. > Terry M. Wildman Director, Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 129 Hillcrest Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0453 Phone: 540-231-9109 FAX: 540-231-4522 Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning 310 War Memorial Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0313 Phone: (540) 231-5598 FAX: (540) 231-9075