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>In my experience, anyway, teachers do base their practice on what they've
>seen/heard/learned. So, in essence, our stories DO become practice.
>Good teachers are constantly re-examining this practice,
A very important qualification; and by extension, we might infer that some
not-so-good teachers (or just plain worn-out teachers) might not constantly
re-examine their practice. Should they cease the constant re-examination,
then their "practical wisdom" -- frozen in time -- *becomes* their practice
-- just as Mike warned against.
>but nonetheless, we
>generalize about what worked/didn't work before and act accordingly. How
>is this any different?
>
>--Becky, who's trying, ala hugh burns, to remember her porpoise....
<loud groan at this porpoiseful attempt to encourage wider discussion>
<<Dave>>
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