Re: Topics suggestions for advanced system tech and tuning class
Phil,
I think we are on the same page for how you want to present it.
My reference to "how to" was my shorthand for a step by step do this do that in the right order and you are done (i.e. static flowchart); whereas case study (which from the education world is a perfect description of what you are setting up) describes more of a identify a problem, make a prediction, design a measurement, interpret a measurement, implement a solution framework. In my mind, a technician operates under the first set of thought processes, while an engineer operates under the second.
I just kept getting the feeling that Brandon was picturing more of the first and I was picturing more of the second.
I think this can be chalked up to differences in background. I am not a full time sound tech, I am currently a full time educator, and have been a full time scientist in the past; therefore, my picture of professional development and education has been formed by those fields. The big problem I have seen with step by step training is that if the students aren't forced to think about applying the knowledge to new situations during the class, they do not access that knowledge when faced with new situations. Other than SMAART training, I have not participated in any formal audio related training classes. I consider myself a technician because I perform many basic tasks by rule of thumb. I think a deeper understanding of system design and implementation is a big step towards engineering.
By the way, I am not sure if you ever studied education in any formal way, or if you put together your framework from experience of what works when teaching; but if I were to translate your framework into modern education theory, it is very solid.
However the class is described, I am excited by the opportunity.
