As any variable combination, it can produce different varieties of answers, like: young and wise, young and foolish, old & wise, old & foolish.
For the last few years studying in Cyprus, I’ve witnessed the changes of climate in educational sphere, which drastically changes the approaches of education and the ways of teaching.
It’s not a secret that gerenal concepts of education, especially in Computer Science faculties, remained the same, but the technology changed. In this case, some of the lecturers, which have already lost their interest for their field of teaching, slowly go down in quality of education. They are replaced by young professors, who still feel interest for what they are doing.
Technology dictates the rhythm of teaching. The concepts of programing for the basement of the ideologies and concepts stays unchanged, while new researches give different ways of getting solutions and approaches in it. When is the time for the person to stop digging the knowledge and say to others: “Now I know everything, and I’ll teach everything I know, and not more, not less” ?
Usually, it happens when people get satisfied with what they have, and they don’t want to move on, thinking that’s enough for them.
Actually, the teacher loses the interest to its field of studies, and pass this attitude to his or her students. This is one of the main disadvantages, or people who teaches too long, and think that they’ve reached the top.
That’s why the idea of bringing up young and old teachers together give a fascinating effect on educational feedback. The wisdom of old concepts, collaborated with new technologies and concepts, give the students a new way of discovering the subjects they study.