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Philosophy of Teaching (1997 to the Present)∗

Philosophy of Teaching (1997 to the Present)∗ Philosophy of Teaching (1997 to the Present)* GREGG BORDOWITZ 1.0 Teaching is the art of learning. 1.1 Learning is the acquisition of methods. 1.2 Methods are the means to solve problems. 2.0 The teacher’s method is the art of the question. 2.1 A question is a burden. 2.2 Learning is a process of overcoming a series of increasingly difficult burdens. 3.0 Teaching is an act of devotion. 3.1 A teacher must never abandon students to the harsh difficulties of learning. 3.2 The teacher shares the burdens of learning with the students. 4.0 Learning is both painful and enjoyable. 4.1 The teacher must protect students from undue pain and undue enjoyment. 4.2 Learning is neither a cruel exercise nor a crude entertainment. 5.0 Learning is the joining of ideas to actions. 5.1 The teacher teaches that every action is the cause of an idea. 5.2 The teacher provides neither the idea nor the action. 5.3 The teacher provides the mediation between the idea and the action. 6.0 The teacher teaches learning. 6.1 Learning teaches the students. 6.2 Learning teaches the teacher to teach. * This text formed part of a presentation made at the Whitney Independent Study Program’s 50th-anniversary symposium, October 18–20, 2018. OCTOBER 168, Spring 2019, p. 47. © 2019 October Magazine, Ltd. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png October MIT Press

Philosophy of Teaching (1997 to the Present)∗

Bordowitz, Gregg
October : 1 – May 1, 2019
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Philosophy of Teaching (1997 to the Present)* GREGG BORDOWITZ 1.0 Teaching is the art of learning. 1.1 Learning is the acquisition of methods. 1.2 Methods are the means to solve problems. 2.0 The teacher’s method is the art of the question. 2.1 A question is a burden. 2.2 Learning is a process of overcoming a series of increasingly difficult burdens. 3.0 Teaching is an act of devotion. 3.1 A teacher must never abandon students to the harsh difficulties of learning. 3.2 The teacher shares the burdens of learning with the students. 4.0 Learning is both painful and enjoyable. 4.1 The teacher must protect students from undue pain and undue enjoyment. 4.2 Learning is neither a cruel exercise nor a crude entertainment. 5.0 Learning is the joining of ideas to actions. 5.1 The teacher teaches that every action is the cause of an idea. 5.2 The teacher provides neither the idea nor the action. 5.3 The teacher provides the mediation between the idea and the action. 6.0 The teacher teaches learning. 6.1 Learning teaches the students. 6.2 Learning teaches the teacher to teach. * This text formed part of a presentation made at the Whitney Independent Study Program’s 50th-anniversary symposium, October 18–20, 2018. OCTOBER 168, Spring 2019, p. 47. © 2019 October Magazine, Ltd. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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