Posted by Reilly Atkinson on August 10, 2000 at 13:53:48:

In Reply to: Re: Knowledge engineering posted by Robert Benjamin on August 07, 2000 at 02:55:55:

Robert -- Ultimately my take on "responsibility" is that the student is the only person who can organize and memorize material or procedures in their mind. And internal organizing and memorization are the keys to learning.(Just to be clear, I'm not citing rote memorization, but rather the general idea of storing for future recall) You can never ensure that somebody else will do something, and that, of course, includes ourselves.

Whether you are teaching abstract philosophy of science, company inventory procedures, or HTML, the effective teaching methods are the same: tell them what they are to learn, tell them what they are learning, tell them what they have learned. And, most importantly, provide time for practice and exploration in whatever ways seem fit; help them over the rough spots, sometimes dispense wisdom, sometimes play Socrates, "push and shove" and give a gentle hand. Don't suffer fools, and don't lionize the over achievers; get the quick learners to help others.....Watch, listen and help, help, help(sometimes help is doing nothing). In other words, be there.

It's all about helping a human being, sharing what you have. It's not so much about styles of learning as it is about styles of being a person. Don't worry about "knowledge engineering". (Whatever it is, and that seems to change, it is jargon-based, and gets in the way of clear precise thinking, by imposing restrictive patterns of thinking and inquiry.I will admit a bias here. Even with a lot of computer experience and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics, I could never make heads nor tales of most of the AI literature. I'm in good company on that one.) Just use your intuition and common sense, and/or that of others.

Enough.

Reilly

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