>Several reasons:
>1) The instructor is uncomfortable about being in front of students.
>2) The instructor is showing off.
>3) The amount of information to be given is too large NOT to use technical
>shortcuts
>4) The students are not in the correct class for their level of
>comprehension.
>5) The instructor does not really care if the students understand or not.
In my experience there is a sixth item that I have seen at work many times.
6) It's what the instructor knows how to do
I can also see some mental models at work...
1) This is the way I learned it
2) If the student wishes to pursue a career in this s/he has to learn the
language
3) Even if #2 is no, the educated person knows these things
4) Many other possible mental models
Bill Braun
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