Learning How to Teach And Learn

From class and the readings I came across many helpful insights.  In class we played the game with 20 pennies in which there are 2 people playing and each person takes turns and can choose 1 or 2 pennies.  The person who takes the last penny wins. There is a formula to winning that correlates with learning.  The formula is break the pennies into groups of 3 and you can win every time if you keep it that way.  From this game I realized that when you know the formula to winning, nothing can stop you.  This is just like exponential learning.  learning exponentially is a goal i have for me and those who I teach.  To accomplish this everyone involved, both teacher and learner must learn from each other and teach each other.  If there is desire to learn, and desire to teach, learning flourishes.  To create this atmosphere a teacher must tap into the students to unlock this potential in them.  In Walter Gongs book he discovers this and implements it into his classroom.  He teaches towards students gaining experience in a topic by having the students teach each other and the professor.  When students can teach they learn, when a professor can learn from students, they will teach better, and both will grow and be edified together.  Its going to take some pondering and careful planning on my part if I want to do this with students