Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
1994
Citation
Essays on Teaching Excellence: Toward the Best in the Academy (1993-1994) 5(6)
A publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Abstract
From what the students tell me, in their experience there are three common metaphors of the college teacher. (Of course there are many more.) While we may disagree that these are the images that guide us, the students' viewpoint is nevertheless instructive, if only to remind us of the difference between what they perceive and we intend. My purpose here is to look through the students' eyes to explore what these metaphors reveal, especially in terms of their "collateral lessons," as Dewey called them: the implied concomitant messages students may draw from them: Guru, Gatekeeper, and Guide.
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Comments
Copyright 1994, Mary K. Norton. Used by permission