How to distingush a quality program WAS: EO and pregnancy.

[Guest guest]

Tina, you have asked a question that was covered many times on the old group,but

we lost most of the answers. It is very difficult to ascertain what is a

quality education program. On my site there are articles which give many of the

things people should look out for. I guess one of the top questions has to be

" where do you reference your information and can you provide a sample " . If the

references on anything supplied are to the popular aromatherapy novels then my

advice is steer clear. If the reference is to a scientific study then check for

yourself it it is relevant to essential oils or herbs, or to its use in

aromatherapy massage or to internal use. If the research is to a study in rats,

then it may have little relevance to the use of the same oil in massage.

 

I can tell you there are many teachers who cannot tolerate being questioned and

students are expected to parrot anything they are taught. As a matter of

interest, if a student parrots on my course they get slapped on the wrist and

marked down for it. I only want people who are prepared to think, not something

modern education systems promote especially on University courses

 

Martin

 

ATFE , " Tina Paxton " <Frecs wrote:

>

> After reading Martin's website and the aforementioned thread, I again am

> pondering the question:

>

> How does one distinguish a quality program in aromatherapy?

>

> I'm debating between an " official " program or simply the

> buy-quality-books-and-teach-myself approach. The same program seems to exist

> for herbalism as well as EO's both of which I'm interested in.

>

> Any thoughts?

>

> Tina Paxton, MS

>

[Guest guest]

Martin,

 

Thanks for the response. It seems that from the outside, it is difficult to

determine a quality program...it requires putting the money out and

registering to even get a clear idea of what they are teaching. Oh, they

list a litany of topics but just how they teach those topics is a matter of

conjecture until one is actually in the course. Quite frustrating. Through

my coursework at the Univ. of Bridgeport (Nutrition Institute) I had plenty

of practice reading and assessing scientific research. So, I am not easily

impressed by a bibliography of " proof " until I actually review that studies

behind that bibliography. People love to pull together such lists based on

nothing more than the titles of the study which doesn't mean the study was

really about what they think it was about or that the study was well

conducted.

 

I've never been very good at parroting even when I know that is what the

teacher/professor wants. Nor am I a fan of " read this textbook, take this

test, and pay me a lot of money to give you 'credit' or a 'title' " . I can

read and study on my own without paying someone an extortion fee for

confirming that I read and could answer questions on an open book test. But,

while I know that I can study on my own and start calling myself an

aromatherapist or Master Herbalist whenever I want, I feel like I need some

level of competency before I presume to call myself by such titles. People

expect, and deserve, a certain level of knowledge from someone claiming such

titles and I refuse to give them less than that. What I really want is a

Master Herbalist/Aromatherapist to mentor me through the process of

self-study and learning to apply what I'm learning to actual cases. But,

that seems an elusive goal....

 

Tina Paxton, MS

 

 

ATFE [ATFE ] On Behalf Of Martin

Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:29 AM

ATFE

How to distingush a quality program WAS: Re: EO and

pregnancy.

 

Tina, you have asked a question that was covered many times on the old

group,but we lost most of the answers. It is very difficult to ascertain

what is a quality education program. On my site there are articles which

give many of the things people should look out for. I guess one of the top

questions has to be " where do you reference your information and can you

provide a sample " . If the references on anything supplied are to the popular

aromatherapy novels then my advice is steer clear. If the reference is to a

scientific study then check for yourself it it is relevant to essential oils

or herbs, or to its use in aromatherapy massage or to internal use. If the

research is to a study in rats, then it may have little relevance to the use

of the same oil in massage.

 

I can tell you there are many teachers who cannot tolerate being questioned

and students are expected to parrot anything they are taught. As a matter of

interest, if a student parrots on my course they get slapped on the wrist

and marked down for it. I only want people who are prepared to think, not

something modern education systems promote especially on University courses

 

Martin

 

ATFE , " Tina Paxton " <Frecs wrote:

>

> After reading Martin's website and the aforementioned thread, I again am

> pondering the question:

>

> How does one distinguish a quality program in aromatherapy?

>

> I'm debating between an " official " program or simply the

> buy-quality-books-and-teach-myself approach. The same program seems to

exist

> for herbalism as well as EO's both of which I'm interested in.

>

> Any thoughts?

>

> Tina Paxton, MS

>

 

 

 

 

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