andrewducker | Today's (probably inaccuate) visualisation

Today's (probably inaccuate) visualisation

I whole heartily agree.

Absolutely true. The value I got from preparing and delivering a ten-week lecture and seminar module on design and patent law goes way beyond what I was paid or the CV boost. I genuinely came out of it finally getting a good grasp on some hitherto abstruse bits of IP law, because I'd both had to find a way to explain them clearly to others and answer questions on them.

If anything I'd split that bottom layer into two - lecturing on a subject, and running (as opposed to just participating in) interactive seminars or tutorials on it. You really get to know your stuff doing the latter.

Yeah, I've found that doing tech support for a product forces you to learn it really well as well - because you're being forced into the corner cases all the time. Anything which makes you explore how all the odd bits of something fit together brings how new chunks of understanding.

From experience, it does appear to be true.

(There's a medic's saying "see one, do one, teach one"... occasionally quoted as: "see one, do one, kill one, teach one" :-))

I showed this chart to our training coordinator here in the office. His response: "Damn straight."

-- Steve notes a significant amount of "buddy training" in the curriculum here, and wonders if that comes from studies like the one above.

Why Aren't You Awesome Yet?

But I am awesome!

Also, spurious precision if not entirely made-up percentages on that graphic. And they don't match the size of the components.

But ... er, yes, I did used to teach the appropriate use of graphical information, and appraisal of scientific evidence, now you mention it ...