ANST - teaching issues ....

[j'lynn yeates]

On 23 Jun 99, at 12:15, Vicki Marsh wrote:

> After attending a wonderful King's College, I was wondering what everyone
> else thought of "sniping", that is, attending someone else's class and
> butting in constantly, or the non-instructor taking over the class from
> the instructor.
> 
> How would you as an instructor handle a "sniper"? 

do it the same way a university professor would ... if the questions support 
and enhance the presentaion / material of the class, work them in.  if it's a 
disruption to your presentation or a attempt to hijack it, take control of your 
space and request that they save the comments / questions for the end (always a 
good idea to set aside a segment for these.).  if it becomes excessive, ask 
them to leave.  
 
> How would you handle the situation if you were a student?  

in a teaching setting, it is the instructors place to control their working 
space.  it is a students place to listen / learn.  if there is a disruptive 
student, it is not necessarily the place of the student sto attempt to corrrect 
it, else it often amplifies the problem into complete chaos ... let the teacher 
deal with it, and support them.
 
> Is it different if the sniper is a Laurel?  Or a non-laurel, but respected
> in the field?  

no diffrence ... in a class there is instructor(s) and student(s).  if a laural 
decides to attend a class as student, then they should act like same.  and 
teacher should treat them as student.   the obligation of teacher is to the 
class ... not to a any one tiltled individual, no matter what their rank.  

if a laural takes exception with content or format of a presentation, the 
proper place to discuss it is with that teacher *after* the class, not during.

'wolf  


... truth is the sword of us all (lords of the new church)
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