[B-Greek] Educational methods and techniques

Jeffrey T. Requadt jeffreyrequadt_list at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 15 02:48:21 EDT 2008


As an educator, a thought just occurred to me after reading different posts about what textbooks people use. What do list members think about how different textbooks (e.g., Mounce’s BBG) cater to different learning styles? I think perhaps the reason some people like Mounce so much is that it is very analytical in many ways, looking at endings, breaking the words up into morphological parts, etc. I’m sure some on this list are familiar with Howard Gardner’s theories of Multiple Intelligences, and I would suspect that Mounce fits very well with the Mathematical-Logical intelligence. On the other hand, many people are more heavily weighted in the verbal-linguistic intelligence—is there another textbook which favors more conversation and producing language rather than analysis? I’m not sure how a language textbook could really cater to any of the other intelligences or learning styles—such as Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Naturalist, Musical (maybe?), Naturalist, or Existentialist. If there is some truth to this, than wouldn’t professors pick textbooks which fit their learning/teaching styles? And if so, wouldn’t they unwittingly use methodologies that fit very well for students who learn like they do, but not for many of the other students? And does the reasoning behind picking some curriculum and disparaging others have maybe a little more to do with personal comfort rather than sound educational backing? I’ve only been teaching a few years, and not Greek, but I did notice this trend in myself as well as my professors. Do some of the veteran teachers have any comments?
Jeffrey T. Requadt
Dietz Elementary
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