The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students to make choices and live with the consequences of these choices. Teaching is not simply telling people what to believe and do.

Donovan L. Graham
The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students...
The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students...
The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students...
The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students...
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The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students to make choices and live with the consequences of these choices. Teaching is not simply telling people what to believe and do. This quote by Neal McCluskey sets out what education actually should be about, rather than what it currently is or has become. It’s about empowering students to get involved in their studies, to find their own answers, and to apply that knowledge in real life scenarios.

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  1. The educational process must again provide the opportunity for students to make choices and live with the consequences of these choices. Teaching is not simply telling people what to believe and do.
  2. The process through which any concept or subject (content) is taught becomes a part of the content. (p19)
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