The Moral Teacher: Advocate or Devil's Advocate?.

Gerety, Tom

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ERIC Number: EJ584067

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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The Moral Teacher: Advocate or Devil's Advocate?

Gerety, Tom

Liberal Education, v85 n1 p34-37 Win 1999

Two college teaching styles are compared: that of the advocate, who teaches what he believes in passionately, and that of the devil's advocate, who tries to teach either against what he believes or against what he suspects his students will likely believe. Both are seen as important to the liveliness and rigor of a college curriculum. (MSE)

Descriptors: Advocacy, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Higher Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Styles

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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