One of the things I think makes for good teaching is not having to stay in the box. A teacher that is making the study interesting will bring in different ideas. Vs the teacher that lectures and expects the students to get "all the notes" and doesn't want any interaction from the students. I believe good teaching will enable the student to not only "know" the material but put it into practice. Bad teaching, the student just wants to "get out of there". Using interesting ideas, using examples, helping the students to "get it" definitely is good teaching. Trying to pull the creative ideas out of the "cobwebs" or hidden spots in the mind is also good teaching. It is not square thinking. I enjoyed the video by Ken Robinson and the way that he thinks we need to change our way of thinking plus his way of analyzing the student, for example: the student that was so fidgety, couldn't sit still, instead of putting him/her on drugs, he/she needed to dance. He was artistic. So finding out the childs learning style is a great way to to direct them. True it is not always easy when there are 30 students in the class to focus on just a couple that are a little different in their learning styles.
That would be interesting to know how many students are "artistic" vs regular learning types.
Just a thought.
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