Thursday, April 29, 2021; Week 2 ; Lynnette Brady's Response to: " Is the Great American Teacher Dead? Principles to Resurrect Meaningful, Effective, and Consciousness Raising Instruction" by John J. Ivers, Brigham Young University, Idaho In his abstract at the beginning of this article, Brother Ivers explains that anthropologists and some American authors think that the American intellectual on university campuses is dead--and then they put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the teachers at these universities. Brother Ivers article then sites and explains many principles to help these teachers become great--or at least on that road. He explains that the views from outsiders might give us a clearer picture of the problems: student disengagement; lack of motivation and inspiration; no educational improvement after years of school; and pervasively poor teaching. Then he...
