![Male professor in classroom with students](https://s39613.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Thinkstock-professor-with-class.150810-300x159.jpg)
Going Beyond the Spoon-feeding Metaphor
Spoon-feeding: it’s a familiar metaphor that implies doing too much for students, doing what they should be doing for themselves, and making something easier than it should be. I heard it used recently in reference to a well-organized, detailed online syllabus that made explicit everything students had to do and why they were being asked to do it.