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Do We Teach Disciplines or Do We Teach Students?—What Difference Does It Make?
ADE Bulletin
  • Marshall W Gregory, Butler University
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Publication Date
1-1-2008
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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.

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