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June 13, 2010

Teachers are designers

Filed under: Language A — Tags: , , , , — Adrienne Michetti @ 8:54 pm

I thought for a while about whether this was an appropriate title for this post. Are teachers designers? Should they be? Am I suggesting that all teachers are designers, or just some? And what, exactly, are they designing?

I pondered and thought maybe I should title it Teachers As Designers, putting it more as suggestion, rather than a statement. But doing so seemed to take away the assertiveness with which I want to talk about the subject of teachers and designers; like the difference between casually mentioning to a friend a book as a recommended read, as opposed to just buying the book and plopping it into your friend’s lap.

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