Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
How do students learn today? In a traditional education model, students learn in the same way their teachers were taught. This is true whether the learning takes place at school or at home. This model says there is a certain amount of knowledge that must be "imparted" by the teacher in a particular class over a certain period of time.
With the overwhelming amount of information available in today's classrooms teachers must make decisions about what is to be taught. But more importantly, teachers must model how to learn right along with the students. "The introduction of technology has given teachers the opportunity to be learners again" (Means & Olson, 1994, p. 18). It is impossible (and not even desirable) for the teacher to have all of the answers. The same knowledge information is available to all. The teachers' new role is to assist students in accessing information to help make decisions that will help them function more effectively in their lives.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
22
Last Page
24
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1996 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Aykens, Paul
(1996)
"Learning What to Do When You Don't Know the Answer,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol6/iss1/7
