In What the Best
College Teachers Do, Ken Bain says the most effective teachers motivate students
to learn by inviting them rather than by commanding them. He says these
professors act more like “someone inviting colleagues to dinner” than like “a
bailiff summoning someone to court” (p. 37). This means instructors emphasize
what the course promises to do for students rather than what students have to
do for the course. These teachers encourage students to participate for the sake
of enjoying learning, and they do not discourage them from taking risks out of
the fear of receiving a bad grade.
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