{"id":1262,"date":"2012-04-15T15:47:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T15:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2012-12-18T09:15:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T09:15:25","slug":"accretionary-wedge-44-most-important-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/04\/accretionary-wedge-44-most-important-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Accretionary Wedge #44 – “most important teacher”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching is not just about imparting knowledge. To quote Elli Goeke<\/a>, an important teacher is a “person has influenced not just my knowledge of a particular subject, but has also changed how I address research or teaching or just life in general (or all three).” These posts will teach you that great teachers can also inspire, instil discipline and generate self-belief. Denise Tang<\/a>\u00a0knows a Chinese expression that sums it up: teachers\u00a0\u201cpass the knowledge and good traditions to the next generation\u201d.<\/p>\n

We’ll start with Southern Geologist’s first contribution to\u00a0an accretionary wedge, on a\u00a0new blog<\/a>. The post describes<\/a> a inspirational introductory course in Geology, which for variety and interest put other sciences in the shade.<\/p>\n

Short Geologist<\/a>\u00a0picks an anonymous college chemistry teacher<\/a> whose good teaching cured a phobia of ‘hard’ equation-rich subjects and laid the foundations for successful geological studies.<\/p>\n

Denise Tang<\/a>\u00a0over at Life as a Geologist owes a debt to\u00a0Prof. LS Chan<\/a>, who introduced her to Geology and so “passed the flame”.<\/p>\n

My post on John Dewey<\/a>\u00a0describes how I learnt the importance of breadth from a remarkable man.<\/p>\n

John Adams (the Geologist) was taught geology by not one, not two, but three Ulstermen called Reid <\/a>and is interested in knowing if anyone else remembers them.<\/p>\n

Over at Life in Plane Light<\/a>, Elli Goeke tells us about<\/a> three ‘runner-up’ teachers \u00a0but settles for Kim Hannula as her most important, someone who is a mentor as well as a teacher.<\/p>\n

Hollis over at\u00a0Plants\u00a0and Rocks<\/a>\u00a0gives us a tribute describing the life and work of Dr Brainerd “Nip” Mears Jr, a man who contributed to our understanding of the Geomorphology of the American west, but who put his students first.<\/p>\n

Following a common theme, Casey at Gioscience<\/a> lists the teachers (at\u00a0University of North Carolina at Wilmington) who led him to a love of Geology<\/a>: Dr. W. Burleigh Harris, Dr. David Blake and Dr. Michael Smith.<\/p>\n

Moving away from formal education, Dana Hunter offers a characteristically engaging and generously-illustrated story<\/a>\u00a0 (also here<\/a>) about how\u00a0Lockwood DeWitt<\/a>\u00a0fed her geology addiction with a first opportunity to “see some stuff with an actual geologist”. There are some great descriptions of what being taught by a great teacher is like and how they build confidence as well as impart knowledge.<\/p>\n

The man himself, Lockwood DeWitt submits a touching eulogy to\u00a0Harold “Sharkey” Enlows<\/a> the College teacher “who\u00a0made me work the hardest, and from whom I learned the most”.<\/p>\n

Ann<\/a>\u00a0over solved the difficult problem of picking between her university geology teachers by talking instead about an important school teacher<\/a>, Miss Relic\u00a0who through belief and encouragement changed for the better the way Ann thought about learning and her own abilities.<\/p>\n

Ryan Jackson over at Educated Erosion had no problem choosing\u00a0Coach Ford<\/a>, an inspiring High School teacher who set him off on a rocky road.<\/p>\n

The next wedge is hosted by Denise Tang and is “Geological Pilgrimage \u2013 the sacred geological place that you must visit at least once in your lifetime<\/a> “.\u00a0<\/strong>Get thinking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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