Dear All,

Thank you very much for your insightful comments.

What is the difference between a fool and a wise man?

The wise man can learn something from the fool.

The teacher who cannot learn from his/her students has stopped learning.

Of course, while answering difficult questions we do a lot of work and learn all the time. It is said that the one who learn most from the teaching is the teacher.

Yes, indeed! Interactive open discussions, teaching strategies, and students feedback help share knowledge, exchange information, and learn from even your students so wonderful skills and useful inputs.

Yes, for sure.

How do we learn more from our students? Paradoxically, by adopting a less instructor-centered and more of a student-centered approach. The focus becomes not on what we do but on what we have the students do. As a start, students need to understand where knowledge comes from in your field and how to evaluate that; this is as important in studies of literature as in mechanical engineering. They need the tools to create knowledge, and we shouldn’t assume that they inherently have those. Imagine freshmen taking five classes in different disciplines with different languages and ways of thinking. Unless they understand their own fields of study, they are likely to be confused and won’t have the groundwork for advanced analysis.

With this basis, faculty members need to create the opportunities for student innovation: assignments, class exercises and curricular experiences that promote student innovation.

Students have various perspectives and all interactions in the class are subjects of learning for both teachers and students. I learn from my students alot.

Dear All,

Thank you very much for your insightful comments.

Adnan Z. Mkhelif -

Undoubtedly yes. As you mentioned, in the era we live knowledge is more accessible for all. Hence, professors may benefited from students' contribution.

If a teacher takes roles of faciliattor, coordinator, manager and etc. in a classromm he will be able to learn how to improve his role .i.e he will be constantly learning something in a classroom. As long as a teacher plays a role of Mr.Know All in a classroom and beyond, he can't start accepting new ideas and thinking critically because it will destroy the whole agenda of his teaching practice.

Good students have never been passive participants in the educational process. Such statements stem from a misunderstanding of the educational process as a whole. The book knowledge gained at the university is only a small part of the knowledge necessary for a beginner. Ideally, he does not learn the “subject”, but learns to learn. The main body of knowledge is the result of self-education. Of course, a university can make easier this for a student. In the activities of the professor, I see not only necessity the familiarization of the new (the average professor has been working for about 40 years, during this time his initial knowledge is completely devalued and if he does not update it on an ongoing basis, then he will not be of interest to anyone). Also, the professor should learn from students, carefully monitoring their level and adjust their learning activities as they understand the degree to which students learn new knowledge, as well as their true knowledge needs. To do this, they must be at least open to receiving a response. A professor who lectures from year to year like a parrot same text and disappears immediately after class is either a student's folklore character or an absolutely unprofessional teacher.

At the same time, the legends about "wise students" who ask questions that the professor cannot answer (and looking for the right answer at home) are also folklore. My limited experience shows that most of the students' questions can be characterized as stupid (although not without meaning), which are easy to answer (after isolating a "healthy grain"), if you are "in the subject". At the same time, the student’s ability to ask questions is often evidence of his ability to think.

Dear Professor Adnan Z. Mkhelif ,

Why not , definitely . Be a student & then a teacher .

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