The University, the Student and the Wizard of Oz

Authors

Lynwood H. Bartley, Western Michigan University

Abstract

The teacher who demonstrates that choice is inevitable in the human situation and helps each student realize his responsibility to choose what he becomes, is doing an inestimable service for his students. Having become aware of this choice, the student learns that he has more control over what he sees, what he does, and how he interprets.

I do not assume that making someone aware presumes the absence of facts; I do assume the interrelation between facts. I do not want to see teaching or learning as a process move any further in the direction described by Marshall McLuhan, who believes that " . .. specialist learning in higher education proceeds by ignoring interrelationships; for such complex awareness slows down the achieving of expertness."¹⁴

Recommended Citation

Bartley, Lynwood H. (1972) "The University, the Student and the Wizard of Oz," Perspectives (1969-1979): Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/perspectives/vol4/iss2/7