T & S Syndrome
Here are a couple of words related to teacher diseases from the pre-Covid19 world. Hopefully, we may not see them as often now as we move into the virtual classrooms and remote learning environments of the ‘new normal’ post-Covid world. Perhaps these new environments will generate their own teacher diseases.
Nevertheless, tachydidaxy and stentordidaxy, the so-called ‘teacher diseases’, may still be seen in classrooms. Sometimes, under the stresses and strains of teaching, a teacher may fall ill with one or both. In short, the teacher suffers from T & S Syndrome. In many situations, a teacher with T & S often infects their students with ennui morbidus. In serious situations, many students succumb to tonusus or even cursus quittus abruptus.
Tachydidaxy
Tachydidaxy breaks out when a teacher becomes overwhelmed by the amount of information which needs to be delivered during a course. The teacher becomes ill with tachydidaxy when, failing to find ways to effectively manage this information, they simply try to deliver it all. This situation is not helped when an institution reduces the length of the course or limits the resources available to the teacher. Sometimes a new or inexperienced teacher will succumb to tachydidaxy as they get to the end of a course and realize that there are still several chapters of the text left to cover.
Tachy- is a Greek prefix meaning fast (e.g., the tachometer of a car). Didaxy and the related word didactics come from the Greek didaktikos (teaching). Quite simply, tachydidaxy arises as a teacher talks faster and faster during lessons in an attempt to deliver all the information or to cover the text before the end of the course. Sometimes, tachydidaxy and stentordidaxy are concurrent.
Stentordidaxy
Stentordidaxy is not the result of external conditions (as is tachydidaxy) but is more related to a teacher’s loss of self-confidence or loss of control in the classroom. Stentordidaxy is often seen in situations of ineffective classroom management.
In Greek legends of the Trojan War, Stentor was a Greek herald described as having the voice of fifty men. Didaxy and didactics, as described above, mean teaching. Quite simply, stentordidaxy arises as a teacher talks louder and louder while teaching or trying to teach.
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In short, a teacher suffering from T & S Syndrome talks faster and faster, louder and louder, in valiant but often futile attempts to cover course material or manage other problematic classroom situations.
Nevertheless, tachydidaxy and stentordidaxy, the so-called ‘teacher diseases’, may still be seen in classrooms. Sometimes, under the stresses and strains of teaching, a teacher may fall ill with one or both. In short, the teacher suffers from T & S Syndrome. In many situations, a teacher with T & S often infects their students with ennui morbidus. In serious situations, many students succumb to tonusus or even cursus quittus abruptus.
Tachydidaxy
Tachydidaxy breaks out when a teacher becomes overwhelmed by the amount of information which needs to be delivered during a course. The teacher becomes ill with tachydidaxy when, failing to find ways to effectively manage this information, they simply try to deliver it all. This situation is not helped when an institution reduces the length of the course or limits the resources available to the teacher. Sometimes a new or inexperienced teacher will succumb to tachydidaxy as they get to the end of a course and realize that there are still several chapters of the text left to cover.
Tachy- is a Greek prefix meaning fast (e.g., the tachometer of a car). Didaxy and the related word didactics come from the Greek didaktikos (teaching). Quite simply, tachydidaxy arises as a teacher talks faster and faster during lessons in an attempt to deliver all the information or to cover the text before the end of the course. Sometimes, tachydidaxy and stentordidaxy are concurrent.
Stentordidaxy
Stentordidaxy is not the result of external conditions (as is tachydidaxy) but is more related to a teacher’s loss of self-confidence or loss of control in the classroom. Stentordidaxy is often seen in situations of ineffective classroom management.
In Greek legends of the Trojan War, Stentor was a Greek herald described as having the voice of fifty men. Didaxy and didactics, as described above, mean teaching. Quite simply, stentordidaxy arises as a teacher talks louder and louder while teaching or trying to teach.
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In short, a teacher suffering from T & S Syndrome talks faster and faster, louder and louder, in valiant but often futile attempts to cover course material or manage other problematic classroom situations.
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