One of the key takaways for me was the idea of the teacher as the facilitator. This helps me in my marketing classroom as students are working on different group projects, which are real life events. I have not varied my seating lately which is something I want to take away from this lesson.
There is so much to take from that section. My main thing I took away was setting kids up to purposely fail the task, then have one ask a question, have another student try to answer it and keep it going until we can piece together the final. Also changing the classroom around to help with the learning. That would be so helpful if I could actually do that but my kitchens get in the way.
Teaching with student engagement is a great way to have them ask questions and question the fellow students as well as the teacher. Students that ask questions are more excited about the material being taught. Incorporating failure into the shop projects stimulates the mind more. Failure can be used in a positive way to better learn the lesson.
I have learned the power of facilitating discussions over merely talking at the students. The socratic circle method sound very effective and I look forward to trying it in my classroom.
I’ve learned that there are advantages to failures. And opportunities are being missed.
Use multiple resources to find information on a topic so that students can access information from different sources.
It is important to provide students with opportunities to think deeper.
My mind is racing for ways to ask hard questions and or to create discussions just beyond the reach of the class. In this case, I want to call on students who think they are right. Then I need to show the class that our loudest member does not have all of the answers. Next i will engage a shy quiet student in the classroom discussion. If i can encourage the shy kid to solve the issue.
This may invite a talk about how we all learn in different ways.
Teachers should allow students to complete task on their own & encourage the students to ask guiding questions
I appreciated the reminder that failure in school on a test, or other activity is a part of future successes. It reactivates the brain.
