“At the most fundamental level, education happens between individuals — a personal connection, however long or short, between mentor and student. Whether it’s personally answering a question raised in class, spending twenty minutes working through a tricky idea in office hours, or spending years of close collaboration in a PhD mentorship relationship, the human connection matters to both sides. It resonates at levels far deeper than the mere conveyance of information — it teaches us how to be social together and sets role models of what it is to perform in a field, to think rigorously, to be professional, and to be intellectually mature.”
– Terran Lane, On Leaving Academia
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2012, July 25). Education happens between individuals [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/education-happens-between-individuals/
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