Chapter 1

Received the book and ready to go! Here is a great quote from the first page, "When you, as an educator look into the eyes of your learners, you are standing at the gateway of enormous learning capacity." Such an image of hope and possibility. I think it's a good way to open the book and open our minds about alternative methods of teaching. This chapter asks us to think about why so many instructors use a one-sided lecture format rather than open up a dialogue with our students. The author stresses the need to engage and energize our learners. She seems to be challenging educators to approach teaching in a less doctrinal format. I think she makes some great points. Each learner is an unique individual and comes to the classroom with their own personal experience. By opening up the avenues of communication, learners can learn from one another and contribute to their own learning process.