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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
I think that is a badly presented choice. A poor teacher giving wrong information is not preferable, but by adding "and would accept student input" you have left out another valid option: currently inexperienced but willing to learn, with student input not necessary.
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The student input was because some of the kids in the class have read the AP CS textbook and taken classes at the local college before they offered the class here. The teacher was willing to let those students help to teach the class, and to help teach him things he will need for next year, when they aren't there. Yes, the option you present is always available, but the way this other teacher would teach his class is the option I highlighted. We have had multiple classes here excel with the teachers there to guide, but the students figuring out how to learn and teaching each other. It is how we do Independent Studies, just this way you have other students instead of just you and a teacher. I actually prefer the classes I've taken that are student led, as the teacher is more there to give us subjects and to help when needed, but the students are the ones who present all the information. I have usually excelled in these classes as they are more open, and we usually don't spend time on topics that we already know. A good example is the scientific method. Every year in science we learn this, even though we should know this from the last year, right? Now in these classes that are student led we have 3 extra weeks a year to learn anything we want! You'd be surprised by how much those 3 extra weeks make a difference.