Another Rant

When people write/teach about how to teach (college classes, articles in education journals, textbooks), they often make assumptions about the attitudes and methods their audience uses/would use. Their information is then built around these assumptions.

It is really frustrating and ridiculously difficult to find important information in a textbook or class or article if it has sound principles but is all explained around what you "should" and "should not" do in the classroom.

I prefer resources that enable me to see where I  fit in with all of this, where I  might use this information. If the focus is on principles, and individuals are then able to apply principles to their individual situations, it would be much more helpful. Particularly if that individual has been taught in a manner that allowed them to develop the sorts of skills necessary to do so.