“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”—Maimonides What is your paradigm for learning? I grew up on a content-oriented approach to learning where one is expected to master a body of knowledge. Too often this meant information flowing from the mouth of the instructor to the ears of the student to the notebook page without any meaningful involvement with the content on the student’s part. Education was something we “did to people.” We educated them. Too often, those of us who are in the people helping professions—teaching, mentoring, coaching, consulting, counseling—think of ourselves only as content providers. We deliver the goods and someone else uses them. This assures the provider of ongoing employment without making any appreciable change in the life of the recipient who becomes simply a consumer. This may be good for the provider but a poor transaction...
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