Response to Kuma. Chapt. 1

In chapter one of Kumaravadivelu's book Beyond Methods, he asks readers to understand the most common types of teaching methods used and to look critically at each.  In the introduction to the chapter he writes that teaching "is basically a subjective activity carried out in an organized way" (5) meaning that no matter what the method, the implementation of the teaching/method is only as good as the teacher.  Kuma states that there are three main types of teaching practices, teachers as passive technicians (using behavioral psychology as a basis for method), teachers as reflective practioners (using reflection as a basis for method), and teachers as transformative  intellectuals ("believing that pedagogy...is embedded in relations of power and dominance, and is employed to create and sustain social inequalities" 13).  Kuma, after detailing each thought, adds that--in most teaching situations--each of these is interchangeable and can work with the other in order to get a somewhat decent method.  I can understand using these three approaches to teaching, but I also can see the danger in not looking out for other methods or trying out other ways in order to get students to learn.