@Armitage, I wish I'd gone through two semesters of graduate statistics with an LIE like you as an instructor, rather than the ILE I had instead. #wantingpeopletobeyourdual
Same for the qualitative methods course I took, again had an ILE. Learned very little of practical use. It was more of a philosophy discussion every week
And had a qualitative & mixed methods course with a timid and very by-the-book, distant N introvert. Gave me some exposure but too much of a summary and review to learn anything in-depth.
Thank goodness for simplifications and clear explanations out there in other places. Even reading the works of ILE academics (at least ones I type that way...) is easier for me than engaging in open-ended talks with them, since when they write a methods text, they have to commit to some positions in some way (or at least that's my working impression). Their Te demo is very useful for me to understand them.