Norman Maclean on Teaching
Still good advice
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The semester is now in full swing, and I have teaching on my mind. Recently, I re-read Norman Maclean’s essay about the art teaching. It’s fantastic. So much so, I decided to rebroadcast my discussion of “This Quarter I’m Taking McKeon.”
To win a prestigious teaching award at the University of Chicago is a true accomplishment. To win the award twice solidifies your reputation as the real McCoy. To win the award a third time warrants the respectful silence and warm admiration that surrounds a master of the craft. So, when this master speaks, especially in regard to teaching, we ought to pay attention.
Norman Maclean is such a master, winning Chicago’s Quantrell Award (considered the oldest undergraduate teaching award in the country) in 1932, 1940, and 1973.
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