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Originally Posted by Molten
If you sincerely think that choosing an adult as coach improves the learning of the team as a whole, I respect your decision.
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I just wanted to make this part of my previous post to stand out. IF you think the adult coach improves the learning, I fully agree you should have the adult as a coach. HOWEVER, if you have some other motive... that is where I am questioning above.
If you believe that you are improving the learning environment in having an adult coach, my previous post has absolutely no relevance to you. That post is for the teams that are doing it solely for the "competitive advantage".
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Would you want a student teaching a calculus class instead of a teacher so that student can get a better education? No, you want the person most qualified to educate and help the students succeed.
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Also, I thought I'd give a perspective on this analogy.
I once took a class where the teacher gave a 10-minute lesson at the beginning of the class, and the rest was group learning. I was the head of my group, and so in essence I taught the other 3 a lot of what they learned from the class. I learned far more than I would have sitting and listening. Also, the other 3 got far more one on one attention than they would have gotten otherwise.
Another class I took, was my drafting class. I took 2 years of drafting, and the 3rd year I taught other students. I was given a group of 5 students to teach everything I knew. Of those 5, 2 are some of the best draftsmen that school has ever known. Of the other 3, one switched to machining...one switched schools... and the third I honestly don't know what happened.
In both cases, students learned a lot more from learning from students. I am not saying this is best for all cases. I am just saying that it is best in some situations.
Two ideas from my favorite high school teacher is below:
"If you want to really know something, teach it."
"The best teacher learns as much from the student, as the student learns from the teacher."
I have taken these words and tried to live by them. I think most teachers out there would agree with these statements to some extent.