tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494828571364625953.post7565485428568381137..comments2024-02-15T00:39:35.229-08:00Comments on The Learning Teacher: Changing education paradigmsNancy Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08453001361949876150noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494828571364625953.post-4715857875549046582011-09-29T09:14:25.847-07:002011-09-29T09:14:25.847-07:00I would simply add a quibble on the deadlines: we ...I would simply add a quibble on the deadlines: we must be careful not to demonize them. They give a structure that, for some students, is welcome.<br /><br />I actually had students asking me to give them deadlines (admittedly, most of them were Ph.D. students, at a different level of maturity than my undergrad students).<br /><br />I would say that, like everything else, a deadline is a teaching instrument and, like everything else, it is appropriate in some situations or with some people and not appropriate in others.ssantininoreply@blogger.com