When trained through intimidation - AND MOST OF US WERE - student-centered learning is a completely foreign concept. So most of us over the age of ~35 have NO IDEA how fragile our current students' egos are compared to our own crusty, heavily-armoured egos.
"Educational research has shown that emotions and cognition are interactive. Excessive anxiety decreases our ability to process information. As a result, a negative learning environment, however it is created, limits a student’s ability to process, synthesize, and retain information. Learning requires a receptive mind; negative emotions interfere with our cognitive functioning. Therefore, a threatened self-concept diminishes learning. In terms of medical education, this means that high expectations should be accompanied by a positive learning environment and support until residents have gained a measure of mastery over the new material. Positive assessments should never be seen as the result of favoritism or of effort alone in the absence of actual achievement. The corollary is that negative assessments should not be seen as unfounded or lacking in constructive advice. Residents may forget what we said, but they will never forget how we made them feel."
Pinney SJ et al. Orthopaedic surgeons as educators. Applying the principles of adult education to teaching orthopaedic residents. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007; 89(6): 1385-92.
Shame severs Relationships - see: http://www.johnlovas.com/2013/06/from-shame-to-wholeheartedness.html
"Educational research has shown that emotions and cognition are interactive. Excessive anxiety decreases our ability to process information. As a result, a negative learning environment, however it is created, limits a student’s ability to process, synthesize, and retain information. Learning requires a receptive mind; negative emotions interfere with our cognitive functioning. Therefore, a threatened self-concept diminishes learning. In terms of medical education, this means that high expectations should be accompanied by a positive learning environment and support until residents have gained a measure of mastery over the new material. Positive assessments should never be seen as the result of favoritism or of effort alone in the absence of actual achievement. The corollary is that negative assessments should not be seen as unfounded or lacking in constructive advice. Residents may forget what we said, but they will never forget how we made them feel."
Pinney SJ et al. Orthopaedic surgeons as educators. Applying the principles of adult education to teaching orthopaedic residents. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2007; 89(6): 1385-92.
Shame severs Relationships - see: http://www.johnlovas.com/2013/06/from-shame-to-wholeheartedness.html
My former Chief of Pathology - on a benign day.
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