The Expert Pedagogue Revisited

On Keith's presentation on 27/04/2012 we discussed the 'Expert Pedagogue' once again. Keith spoke briefly about John Wooden an American college basketball coach. Wooden was the only coach to win 10 NCAA national championships. John Wooden had what he called a seven point creed.

• Be true to yourself.
• Make each day your masterpiece.
• Help others.
• Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible
• Make friendship a fine art.
• Build a shelter against a rainy day.
• Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.

These seven core values or creeds are what Wooden based his coaching and life around and he remained true to these values until his death in 2010, just 4 months before his 100th birthday. Below is another of Wooden's renowned works the 'success pyramid'. This pyramid outlines what Wooden believes to be key to achieving your goals in conjunction his seven creeds. Above all, until the day that John Wooden died, he remained true to himself and his values. He was quoted as saying,

                “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

Prior to Kieth's lecture based around Wooden, I knew little of his achievements and coaching work. However, revisiting the idea of the perfect coach, the presentation has begged to me to question, is John Wooden the 'expert pedagogue'?

More information can be found about John Wooden here and http://www.coachwooden.com/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wooden