Re: Workshop abusers- anothe
Kathleen Ann Martin (kmartin@tenet.edu <kmartin@tenet.edu>)
Tue, 7 May 1996 10:51:02 -0500 (CDT)
We have used other teachers as a way to help us sort this out. Other
teachers, we have found, make there judgments based on how they see peer
teachers interacting with children. In the case of workshop abusers,
they report that they don't really do anything with the workshop
expereinces back in the classroom. They just collect the experiences but
always have reasons why they can't do it.
On 6 May 1996, Jack Lochhead wrote:
> 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.
>
> --------------------------------------
> 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>)
>
>
> ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------
> Received: by qm.terc.edu with SMTP;6 May 1996 16:19:31 U
> Received: (daemon@localhost) by hub.terc.edu (8.6.9/8.6.4) id PAA19601 for
> teech-workshop-outgoing; Mon, 6 May 1996 15:57:17 -0400
> Received: from is.TERC.EDU (is.terc.edu [140.245.194.20]) by hub.terc.edu
> (8.6.9/8.6.4) with SMTP id PAA19595 for <teech-workshop@hub>; Mon, 6 May 1996
> 15:57:14 -0400
> Received: from qm.terc.edu by is.TERC.EDU (5.x/SMI-SVR4)
> id AA02972; Mon, 6 May 1996 16:02:23 -0400
> Message-Id: <n1380723698.45488@qm.terc.edu>
> Date: 6 May 1996 16:06:25 U
> From: "Brian Drayton" <Brian_Drayton@hub.terc.edu <Brian_Drayton@hub.terc.edu>>
> Subject: Workshop abusers- another a
> To: "TEECH workshop" <teech-workshop@hub.TERC.EDU <teech-workshop@hub.TERC.EDU>>
> X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP-QM 3.0.1 GM
> Sender: Owner-TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu <Owner-TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu>
> Precedence: bulk
> Reply-To: TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu <TEECH-Workshop@hub.terc.edu>
> X-listname: teech-workshop@hub.terc.edu <teech-workshop@hub.terc.edu>
> Workshop abusers: another angle
>
>
>
>
Dr. Kathleen Martin Texas Christian University
voice: 817-921-7690 Box 32925
fax: 817-921-7701 Fort Worth, TX 76129
kmartin@tenet.edu <kmartin@tenet.edu>