Learning and teaching aren’t the same as acquisition of information and transmission of data. In other words, learning and teaching are profoundly different than what many of us did in school for so many years.
Learning requires openness.
(I am open to encountering something new here.)
Learning requires risk.
(I understand that I might change through this experience.)
Learning requires application.
(This information will get used and therefore retained in the near future.)
Teaching requires empathy.
(My audience is different than I am, and I understand them.)
Teaching requires flexibility.
(I can share this same subject through many mediums and around many obstacles.)
Teaching requires patience.
(Understanding is the goal, not efficiency.)
Side note: I learned so much through this experience. I could have written volumes… but the publisher thought 250 pages was enough.
