Would you describe the communication in your seminars as scientific or as pedagogic or as something in between? With "scientific" I mean that communication focuses on the difference between valid and invalid arguments/observations on the complexity level of the actual discourse. The educational setting of this scientific communication would of course allow introduction, explanation, moderation and generally a deceleration of processes. 

With "pedagogic" I refer to communication that focuses on the questions, how a certain topic could be conveyed, what could be learned from it, how it corresponds with other curricular topics and maybe most importantly: whether it is "suitable" for the learners. 

Though I appreciate the increased didactic awareness and competence in academic contexts, I am afraid that we tend to deny university students the "imposition" of scientific communication – we all learned to deal with. 

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