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Mystification - Paper

Mystification

According to McNeil, is a technique used by teachers who are
not fully informed on the topic in which they are instructed to teach. Teachers
often use when teaching a complex, or controversial topic. They
mystify the topic by making it appear very important, but unknowable, thus
leaving the student with a sense of wonder, or mystery. Mystification does
count as a form of knowledge control because mystification makes it impossible
for a student to gain a full understanding of a topic from inside the classroom.
Mystification could be a way for students to get out of the classroom. This
would allow them to get out on their own to learn more about topics they are
learning about in ...

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out of the classroom would also teach the student not to rely on
the school as there only main source of education and would also teach them to
think on a higher level, thinking and questioning more independently. Would
this not broaden a the education of a child? It is often known that what
children do not know, or what they find mysterious, they often seek to ...

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Added: 11/17/2008 01:39:57 AM
Category: Education
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