Procrastadabbler

I’ve come to see that there are two kinds of teachers/professors. Those that work out the course curriculum, learn it well, and then leave it there. They are hesitant to make changes because it represents uncertainty and lots of work. The result is a course that is well organized but static. The students walk away with a solid set of “knowledge” but no sense of excitment. Then there are those who are constantly changing the course by adding and removing assignments. These teachers/professors are haunted by the knowledge that for every thing they include in a course, they are leaving out numerous other things. This results in a course that is some what chaotic and uncertain. But ideally the students walk away with a sense of excitement or at least a sense of possibilities. I think the students “like” the first type better because it is more familiar and they are therefore more comfortable with it, but in the long run, I think they get more out of the second type of course. I’m striving to be somewhere in the middle. I want stability in my courses, but I also want the adventure.