2009, Oceanography 22(3):268–269, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.89

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM | In Praise of Travel

Author | First Paragraph | Full Article | Citation

Author

Tom Garrison | Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA, USA

Top

First Paragraph

A famous teacher once wrote, "You teach with what you are. You are only as good a teacher as you are, or are becoming, a person" (Pullias and Lockhart, 1963). Anyone with the good fortune to share a room with a gifted teacher will quickly notice that the information coming through that teacher invariably takes on some of his or her personal characteristics. In a sense, an excellent teacher acts as a prism, splitting and combining his or her feelings for the material being taught with the material itself in ways that project his or her own values and experiences.

Top

Full Article

Download 187 KB pdf

Top

Citation

Garrison, T. 2009. The oceanography classroom: In praise of travel. Oceanography 22(3):268–269, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.89.

Top