New Page Julie Ann Hixson-Wallace, Pharm.
Teaching also serves to encourage, to challenge, to motivate, and to stimulate the learner.
We are all teachers in some basic way whether it is training up a child, mentoring a co-worker, speaking with a person outside of our chosen field, or in a formal manner in an educational setting. In all of these interactions, teaching is most effective if the learner's goals are recognized, addressed, and met. It requires effort on the part of the teacher to recognize the learner's goals. Not all students in the same program have the same goals. Some want to take their knowledge back to provide services to benefit their hometown while others are just here because this seemed as interesting as anything else.