[CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

[Ed Sutton]

Jeff-

I find value in both ways of learning, and enjoy the way that formal learning gives me a standard by which I can test my abilities, such as they are.

Self-education is also over-rated, and self-assessment is prone to over-rate the examinee.

I like having a trained and educated dentist. Though I once worked with a fellow who drilled his own teeth, I could not follow his courageous example.

If you don't respect formal learning, it must be very hard for you to work in a school.

Ed Sutton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Tanner 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?




  On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:55 AM, Richard Brekne wrote:


    Just how much music education should such a position demand ?... and for that matter how much music education should techs in general have ?




    Cheers

    RicB



  My thinking is that someone can easily learn more outside of formal education, whether it be music, business, science, mathematics, literature, or piano tuning and repair.  Some people are just born with inclinations towards certain skills and abilities, while others who have to be formally instructed never achieve the same ability levels.  So, are we talking about "education" as a formality? or education as in applicable knowledge and skill?  Which is more important?


  The older I get and the more life I experience, the more I am inclined to believe the formal education process is highly overrated (and much the source of some of our societal problems, but that is another subject for another day).


  Jeff



  Jeff Tanner, RPT
  University of South Carolina





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