#📓 #📄 #🟢 # Louis Agassiz As a Teacher ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 06, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Nov 11, 2022</small> 🏷️ [[Learning]], [[Leadership MOC]] **Author:** Dennis Conners **Citation:** Conners, D. (1988). _Louis Agassiz as a teacher_ [Class handout]. Gonzaga University. [https://learn.gonzaga.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-3277683-dt-content-rid-38383832_1/xid-38383832_1](https://learn.gonzaga.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-3277683-dt-content-rid-38383832_1/xid-38383832_1) --- # Abstract ~ 3 Sentence Summary A short reflection piece from a student on the lessons he learned from they teaching style of Louis Agassiz. The author describes what starts out as a confusing and frustrating experience before he understands that the lack of clear instruction is intentional. About creating the space for an individual to explore and bring their own skills and insights into a co-learning with others. ## Key Takeaways - The value of a student learning on his own without the influence from a teacher on what to study or how. # Notes & Important Ideas ### Keep an open mind > [! quote] > Find out what you can without damaging the specimen... (p. 1) Limited direction allows for the student to explore and discover on his own. ### Power of empowering individuals to learn > [! quote] > I shall never forget the sense of power in dealing with things which I felt in beginning the more extended work on a group of animals (p. 2). ### Problem-posing model of education Once the student discovered something the teacher didn't know they were equals and could learn together - as learners instead of student & teacher. Teacher serves as guide and mentor, not just a subject-matter expert. ## Connections to Other Materials This is very much in line with Freire's promotion of a [[problem-posing model]] of education in [[Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Freire 2000]].