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Well said. This continues to be my major complaint about this listserve....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edgar, Sheri L" <SLEdgar at LancasterGeneral.org>
To: "Irene Campbell-Taylor" <eripley at yahoo.com>; "TERRY W. BAGGS" 
<TBAGGS at astate.edu>; <dysphagia at b9.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Dysphagia] Textbooks


>I am not sure if all of this is necessary.  It gets to be a bit
> obnoxious to keep reading adults arguing over something so minuscule
> when there are much more meaningful topics to discuss and life altering
> questions to be asked.
>
> I hope you both can call a truce and hopefully get back to the business
> at hand.
>
> Sheri Edgar, MACCC/SLP
> Manager for Speech Pathology
> x45369
> sledgar at lancastergeneral.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dysphagia-bounces at b9.com [mailto:dysphagia-bounces at b9.com] On
> Behalf Of Irene Campbell-Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:30 AM
> To: TERRY W. BAGGS; dysphagia at b9.com
> Subject: Re: [Dysphagia] Textbooks
>
>
>
> "TERRY W. BAGGS" <TBAGGS at astate.edu> wrote:        v\:*
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> st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                You say in your
> response that one cannot write tutorials.  I have read numerous
> tutorials on a variety of topics through the years.
>
>   *** It is unfortunate that the language has become so degraded that
> accuracy of meaning is often lost. The definition of "tutorial" is:
>  : Instruction given to students individually or in small groups
>   Clearly, this cannot be written as it then becomes a text, manual,
> monograph etc. etc.
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>
>  From: Irene Campbell-Taylor [mailto:eripley at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:32 PM
> To: TERRY W. BAGGS; dysphagia at b9.com
> Subject: RE: [Dysphagia] Textbooks
>
>
>
>
> "TERRY W. BAGGS" <TBAGGS at astate.edu> wrote:
>    Although I disagree with you on your premise that an introductory
> course
> in swallowing needs no text,
>
>    *** I believe i indicated that textbooks are appropriate only in
> undergraduate courses. Since I have never taught undergraduates, i have
> no opinion on texts.
>
>
>
>     I do respect your opinion. I'm assuming
> from that answer that you've written no text.
>
>    *** See above - of course not.
>
> That leads me to the second question that you didn't answer. Have you
> written any tutorials that would assist students in a thorough and
> critical look at the literature?
>
>    *** One cannot write tutorials. One conducts them and I have
> conducted hundreds.
>
>
>
>    Put another way, what is your estimate of the
> research base that leads one to "best practices" in swallowing and
> swallowing disorders?
>
>    *** There is none apart from a thorough understanding of the seminal
> articles.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dysphagia-bounces at b9.com [mailto:dysphagia-bounces at b9.com] On
> Behalf Of Irene Campbell-Taylor
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:35 PM
> To: dysphagia at b9.com
> Subject: [Dysphagia] Textbooks
>
> Before answering the question, I need to clarify it. If one means a
> textbook to be used in a Master's course, my answer is, none. Textbooks
> do not belong at the graduate level. At that point, one should have
> sufficient background in fundamental information and research methods to
> study only the literature in a critical manner. The best textbooks
> supply only the most basic information and are quickly out of date.
> If one means a book from which one can learn the necessary information
> to be able to manage dysphagic patients, again, my answer is, none. That
> would be analogous to learning to ride a bicycle by reading a manual.
>
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