The historic context, the evidence for evolution physically surrounding the students, and the example of a world-changing theory provide the spark for getting to grips with and understanding complex, higher concepts discussions which would be equally at home in a university philosophy department.
At Pitzer College, a student used the example of the Ponzi schemer Bernard L. Madoff to take a philosophical look at how much money people truly need to be happy.
At a recent gathering of Bolivian youth leaders he urged students to follow the example of the youth movements in the rest of South America.
The formative pedagogical support of students is shown by the example of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) realising the model of three interconnected successive disciplines facilitating students' professional self-determination and employability.
Teachers would do well to note to their students this example of the crucial importance that curiosity and preparation play in moving creatively through life.
If, however, it is not the manner of the honor student's death but the example of his life that inspires the class, if he is held in abiding affection, then it is reasonable to single him out for remembrance.
While there, however, he organized a student Socialist club, following the example of his father, who had been general secretary of the Social Revolutionary Party in czarist Russia before becoming "a tailor and agitator in Wisconsin".
In learning to write, a student is presented with the example of his teacher, and then is expected to emulate it.
When I discuss the complicated nuances of adherence with my students, I often offer up the example of my grandmother.
To prove this point, he cited the example of students following a postgraduate course in creative writing that he teaches at the University of London.
