Re: Workshop abusers- anothe
Jack Lochhead (Jack_Lochhead@TERC.EDU <Jack_Lochhead@TERC.EDU>)
6 May 1996 16:30:19 U
I hate to make life more complicated but I have several examples of people
who I classed as abusers during the workshop but later discovered to be the
persons who most understood what was going on. I am not saying there is no
problem but we do have to make sure that what we think we see is what is
going on in the other persons head.
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Date: 5/6/96 4:20 PM
To: Jack Lochhead
From: TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu <TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu>
When I think about my experience with "workshop abusers" over the years,
the following thoughts arise.
1. It's a dependable phenomenon, but not common.
2. The causes are what is of interest to me. As with students, motivation is
critical. I have seen the following, which are hard to winnow out in any
selection or screening process:
-- people who didn't read the advance materials, so they come expecting us to
accomplish their agenda;
-- people who want to take part of what we are offering, and reject other
parts;
-- people who are there for the wrong reasons. In the past, the most
difficult of these are not the people who are just seeking professional
development points, or who are just workshop junkies. The most uneasy are
people who are sent by their departments or superintendents, and have no
personal reason to be there.
-- Brian Drayton (brian_drayton@terc.edu <brian_drayton@terc.edu>)
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Date: 6 May 1996 16:06:25 U
From: "Brian Drayton" <Brian_Drayton@hub.terc.edu <Brian_Drayton@hub.terc.edu>>
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Workshop abusers: another angle