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teaching introspection

 
 
fansy
 
Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 02:00 am
Can you make sense of "teaching introspection" as a nominal phrase?
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sullyfish6
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 06:23 am
Teaching math to 3 year olds could be difficult.

Eating pizza is fun.

Teaching introspection is . . .

It is a noun phrase.

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fansy
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 06:56 am
I mean do you know what "teaching introspection" possibly mean?
JTT
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 11:27 am
@fansy,
Quote:
I mean do you know what "teaching introspection" possibly means?


It could point to a teacher who's not content to fill a student's head with old pap, a teacher that looks deeper to see what students really need.
aidan
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 11:44 am
@JTT,
Or a teacher who teaches a student to look deeper to figure out what it is that he or she him or herself really needs.
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George
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 02:23 pm
@fansy,
A little context would be helpful.
fansy
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 05:43 pm
@George,
This is a translation of a Chinese teaching concept made by some translators. It means "reflections on teaching". I thought you might not understand it because it is not a proper term used in your language.
JTT
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 06:33 pm
@fansy,
Fansy, it's not an frozen idiom, like 'a blessing in disguise' or 'a drop in the bucket' or 'kick the bucket', but it certainly is a possible collocation in English.

"reflections on teaching" sounds like it would be more common but the context, and personal style choice would be determining factors.
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George
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jul, 2009 08:25 pm
@fansy,
Thanks.
To me it sounded like an education course.
Education 121: Teaching Introspection
Guidelines for teachers attempting to get their more extroverted students to
look within themselves.
Prerequisite: Basic Psychobabble
fansy
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 01:20 am
@George,
No. Not to teach extroverted students to look within themselves. This term actually means to examine "teaching" or "education" to find out what has gone wrong with it, what improvements we can make etc.
George
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 06:42 am
@fansy,
Sorry, fansy.
I was only joking around in that last post.
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