tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post6327409738716542138..comments2023-10-19T02:34:26.595-07:00Comments on Team Milton: Those Who Can't Teach . . . Write?Gideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-9192607601818059202013-09-18T08:59:44.374-07:002013-09-18T08:59:44.374-07:00Very good points, Greg.Very good points, Greg.Gideon Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-27309017657577710882013-09-12T17:58:49.286-07:002013-09-12T17:58:49.286-07:00I think his literary/historical studies would have...I think his literary/historical studies would have engendered within him some of his ideas on education as well. If you think about the 'great thinkers' of antiquity, for example, they focused on pretty much the same things, and their teaching paradigms were similarly based more around small-scale group learning. Plato learned at Socrates's feet, Aristotle at Plato's, Alexander the Great of Macedon at Aristotle's, and so thinking that such an educational methodology would produce great thinkers was not necessarily so farfetched. Aside from that, within his own society, there seem to have been some number of scholars/thinkers who embodied precisely the same talent and drive as he proposes; these would have likely served as strong influences on his educational paradigms.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730559977449669957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-18396365030326968472013-09-12T12:08:35.284-07:002013-09-12T12:08:35.284-07:00I didn't quite get a chance to read that footn...I didn't quite get a chance to read that footnote! That's fascinating. It explains why he thinks he knows so much about education. One on one teaching and classroom, bureaucracy-based teaching are really different. And Elise, I too would love to see Halbert's reaction. Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741611657787839044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-75401463949186371002013-09-11T14:37:23.305-07:002013-09-11T14:37:23.305-07:00I wonder ifhe had taught in an even more professio...I wonder ifhe had taught in an even more professional setting whether or not his notions would have been a bit more practical. And I'm curious...what did Halbert make of it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316943317872314677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-14762527669083638452013-09-11T14:03:53.147-07:002013-09-11T14:03:53.147-07:00He did have some experience with teaching. The fo...He did have some experience with teaching. The footnotes mention that he was a tutor to his nephews and he taught them Greek in about a year. I agree though, his curriculum is a bit insane.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701416359052801620noreply@blogger.com