Robert Sternberg

Came across some of Robert Sternberg's writings today. In There Is More to Teaching Than Instruction: Seven Strategies for Dealing With the Social Side of Teaching he joins other Yale-ites (and one U of Toronto Prof) in proposing a new element to educational curricula (or is it -ums?): Dealing with others. I wish this would have been a part of my educational curriculum -- seems practical. They boil down dealing with others into seven different catergories: avoid, confer, consult, comply, delegate, legislate, or retaliate. And they have developed some suggestions on how educational programs might assess students ability to deal with others. It's been interesting to reflect on my own teaching, and how I chose to deal with others in a variety of contexts. Good stuff.