Experiencing teaching as experience, and teaching experience as effective learning, requires trust, honesty, tolerance, gentleness, joy, defenselessness, generosity, patience, faithfulness and open-mindedness. These ten characteristics as described in A Course in Miracles' Manual for Teachers suggest a commitment to learning. Though the superficials may differ, style or appearance, a teachers claim to these ten characteristics will lead to learning. These are special gifts, born in the holy relationship toward which the teaching - learning situation is geared. Communication with others is from love to love and not from our past experiences to theirs.
Past experiences are memories.
There is nothing to be gained by letting these memories get in the way. Effective learning is born from the love within teaching. Closing Some might argue that some sort of effective teaching model is all that is necessary in order for learning to take place. They might say that this is the rational approach based upon proven observation and theory. The scientist offers that what we can think about, what we can plan and what we can practice is, the course of action to follow.