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Show ; good teachers mean success, i fjennion tells Moab educators ! I .. good leather could nuike a I '. 0f nv teaching slyle," lynn ' 'V"n spc1 slNlrtnl 10 Slttlt' ! rinlfnJfiH of Schools said to Grand I teachers during the annual teach- i fifnUlin i" Star ""H Monday ftt retireJ Sail laVe City school ! xrintenJt-nt tailed about the various I tirni lvhllillllf s nd s,vlt's t,u,l have ; popular in the past 100 years, the pities thit make tood teachers, and JjjfJ cm ni,I" of optimism and praise iY Grind county teachers. fx Bennion opened by talking about "tiinJ wagons" ' education; how (dinujues s in and 0l" ot stlt'' He Koembered a time when using texts, iiiirij planned curriculum, and doing swcttuns lhit had been done before ltitthe "three cardinal sins." ln ig:7. Salt Lake City was iMishi"S lne ungraded class. Fifty years lutf the trend was toward a departmen- system, with separate classrooms uJ teachers for each subject. Bennion tipliined that schools then took a ISO jfjrte turn around. Self-contained jiiSKoms. one teacher all day, became vpalir. In loO, a medium point yieen departmental and self-contained aching was established, team teaching ylaj the outcome. Bennion pointed out arguments for d aga.nst the different systems, but I commented that anything new seems to pur excitement and new energies Me 1 emphasized the importance of teachers ! bringing themselves to the situation, ".vug that the success of the program depends upon the teacher. Hennion quoted Socrates and used ! examples from his own life in commenting on the potential of teachers. "In a cosmopolitan setting, cultural I patterns in the community will force I teachers to stretch themselves." He 1 added that the 13 religious patterns in ! Moab win hopefully make you more aware." He used the words "choiceness awareness" saying "It means you are I aware of the total society brought to you from the community." ' "If you haven't read Winnie the Pooh, you should." he told teachers. In making an example of a conversation I between the rabbit and the bear, he told I the audience, technology is fine, but ' sometimes it does not mean a thing. He ! said teachers need love, understanding. and a comprehensive outlook. He added I that they hold "the future of the future," I and should "reach out." I Dr. Bennion congratulated the teachers on a fine school system, and added that Superintendent Bill Meador w as a "clear-headed, out-spoken decision I maker." |