How far do we consider it
possible to test, measure, evaluate the effectiveness of
another teacher's work? How much of real learning, of life
experience, of personal development, is quantifiable?
It's a truism is scientific circles that "the very
presence of an observer excludes the possibility of
objectivity"
How far is it desirable to
try?
We know that the act of focusing attention, of
evaluating and judging a creative process is
antisuggestopedic and is often enough to ensure "failure"
How great is the danger that, in
judging, assessing or quantifying a suggestopedic class, we kill
the creative spark which gives it life, which makes the whole
magic possible?
What do we know about the psychological mechanisms which operate
against the establishment of effective methods in any context
-
the Peter principle [everyone is
promoted to their highest level of inefficiency]?
vested interests?
threat to established order?
What can we do to neutralise their
effects, or even to use them as our allies, to work in harmony
with them?
