What great teaching is. (John C. Adams' Flight in Winter book) From: National Review | Date: September 26, 1986| Author: Lind, William S. | COPYRIGHT 1986 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

What Great Teaching Is

JOHN C. ADAMS, late professor of European history at Dartmouth College, did not publish much. He wrote a few articles, and just one--fascinating--book: Flight in Winter, the story of the bitter retreat of the Serbian army through the mountains of Albania in the winter of 1915. But his lectures were Events. Students often asked him to hold them on big weekends, like Winter Carnival, so they could bring their dates. His lecture on the beginning of ...

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