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SPENDING TIME IN DISCUSSION WILL ALLOW ME LESS TIME TO COVER NECESSARY CONTENT
A COMMITMENT TO DISCUSSION MEANS THINKING THAT OTHER TEACHING APPROACHES ARE SOMEHOW LESS WORTHY OR IMPORTANT.
DISCUSSION IS UNREALISTIC TO CONSIDER FOR LARGE UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE COURSES.
YOU CAN’T TAKE EXERCISES PROPOSED IN A BOOK AND SIMPLY PLOP THEM DOWN IN ANOTHER CONTEXT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY’LL WORK.
I THINK DISCUSSION IS FINE IN PRINCIPLE, BUT BECAUSE I’M INEXPERIENCED IN WORKING THIS WAY, I’M BOUND TO FAIL.
DISCUSSION NEEDS AN INVESTMENT OF TIME I CAN’T MAKE SINCE I ONLY SEE STUDENTS ONLY ONCE A WEEK.
DISCUSSION DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TIED SO MUCH TO DEMOCRACY – IT’S JUST ONE DIFFERENT TEACHING METHOD AMONG MANY.
DISCUSSION IS FINE FOR ‘SOFT’ SUBJECTS LIKE THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WHERE DISAGREEMENT AND DIVERGENCE ARE POSSIBLE, BUT IT HAS NO PLACE IN ‘HARD’ SUBJECTS LIKE MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS, AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES.
