Do We Teach Disciplines or Do We Teach Students?—What Difference Does It Make?

Authors

Marshall W. Gregory, Butler UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Publication Title

ADE Bulletin

First Page

32

Last Page

39

Additional Publication URL

https://www.ade.org/bulletin/frames_browse.htm

Abstract

The single most difficult notion for graduate students and new professors to grasp about teaching--and, indeed, many experienced teachers never grasp this point either--is that successful teaching to undergraduates has little to do with the degree of one's mastery of disciplinary knowledge.

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Marshall W. Gregory. ―Do We Teach Disciplines or Do We Teach Students?—What Difference Does It Make? Profession 2008. (Modern Language Association): 117-129.