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Surgeons Shouldn’t Work on Brains Without Reading Up on How They Work

March 17, 2013 · by Paul T. Corrigan · in Scholarship on Teaching and Learning. ·

Surgeons shouldn't work on brains without reading up on how they work. Neither should teachers.

Brain drawing from Gray’s Anatomy.

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Paul T. Corrigan teaches at The University of Tampa. He is currently writing a book on teaching literature. He has published on teaching and learning in TheAtlantic.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, College Teaching, Pedagogy, Reader, The Teaching Professor, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and other venues. He has a PhD from the University of South Florida and a MA from North Carolina State University. More at paultcorrigan.com. Follow on Twitter at @teachingcollege.

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