Please post a comment about Section 3: Teaching Students How to Solve Problems. What do you think about the 4D's? What ideas do you have for developing evaluations of process skills?
I posted before about metamorphosing in an evolving world. I want to revisit this idea. It has been bothering me that change seems to come so slow. There are many reasons for this, including leadership, state testing, resistance to change, resources, etc... But despite all of these factors, I truly believe that we can bring about more significant change. I'm not talking about technology, so much as I am talking about rethinking what we teach. While I see many teachers evolving (including myself), I think we are too painfully slow for the kinds of changes that need to take place. Photo by Morti Riuuallon http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimorollo/2520525316/ The best way for us to metamorphose is to follow the example of the butterfly. The caterpillar starts by eating constantly. We, as teachers, need to consume information as if our future depended upon it. It does. We are becoming obsolete and our only chance of remaining relevant into the future is to understand it and adapt to i
Dave, I like your comment about not letting our ceiling be our students' ceiling. How true! We need to stop thinking that we need to have all the answers in order for our students to figure things out. I think I learned this best through the iMovie projects that I had my students do. It was great because I had a general knowledge of the program, but then learned to allow my students to take on the role of experts and teach me what I didn't know. Students that might not have otherwise connected with me or the class were allowed to take on a leadership role and were proud to teach me something. In return, I learned a lot more than I anticipated, along with forming some great relationships.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of giving the students only partial information and having them form the questions that they need answered in order to move forward. I loved that the students asked for what the teacher was already wanting to teach. What a great way to get students involved.
I also liked the idea about having students grade themselves on their positive attitudes and independence. This is definitely something that I will think about incorporating with my class!