In a book called The good teacher in life and poetry, Norwegian author and lecturer Inge Eidsvåg writes about his pedagogy teacher, Halvard.
One thing Halvard found important was the concept of begeistring - Norwegian a term that can be loosely translated to enthusiasm.
“To begeistre,” he would say, “comes from the German word begeistern, meaning ‘to give spirit’. To teach means to give a subject spirit. It won’t help to know every single fact about a topic or field if the students can’t sense a nerve behind your knowledge, an engagement.” In English, the word enthusiasm has a similar origin, meaning filled with divine inspiration – given spirit.
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