Classwork 9/27/16

According to Isocrates inĀ Against the Sophists, teachers should not be egotistical instructors who are in it for their own glorification. Also, they should not teach a set of predetermined knowledge to a broad range of student capabilities, but should take into account the individual. They should, on the other hand, they should acknowledge the differing abilities of their students and apply their own knowledge in different ways. Also, if they are in it to promote their own opinions, and if the teach out of their own emotions or opinions, they are in the wrong. Teachers should be unbiased in their teaching and should impart to the students knowledge which they can own themselves, making it their own and applying in the manner in which they desire…

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